♂ Hollis L Pile

1897 - 1982

Hollis L Pile
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Parents
Thomas Monroe Pile
Thomas Monroe Pile
1855 - 1937
Siblings
Joseph R Pile
Joseph R Pile
1880 - 1967
Ethel M Pile
Ethel M Pile
1882 - 1952
Leo V Pile
Leo V Pile
1886 - 1953
Alta Verlee Pile
Alta Verlee Pile
1889 - 1953
Ada Edith Pile
Ada Edith Pile
1891 - 1970
James W Pile
James W Pile
1894 - 1983
 

Timeline

1897


Mar 24
1897 April 15 Drillers near Bartlesville, Oklahoma, strike oil for the first time in the designated "Indian Territory", on land leased from the Osage Indians. The gusher, at the Nellie Johnstone Number One well, leads to rapid population growth.W. David Baird and Danney Goble, The Story of Oklahoma (University of Oklahoma Press, 1994) p8

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