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He was elected to the 15th United States Congress, 16th United States Congress, 17th United States Congress and the 18th United States Congress, serving from March 4, 1817, until his death on October 15, 1824. [3] Rich died in Shoreham, Vermont, and is interred in the family vault on his farm there. [4]
Bartlesville was originally a sundown town where African Americans were not allowed to live. By 1907, the restriction had been lifted, and newspapers noted the town's first natural death of an African American, a man named Robert McGee. [9] In 1957, Bartlesville was the test site for the first experiment in pay cable television. [10]
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Bruce Alonzo Goff (June 8, 1904 – August 4, 1982) was an American architect, distinguished by his organic, eclectic, and often flamboyant designs for houses and other buildings in Oklahoma and elsewhere.
Nellie Johnstone No. 1 was the first commercially productive oil well in Oklahoma (at that time in Indian Territory).Completed on April 15, 1897, the well was drilled in the Bartlesville Sand near Bartlesville, opening an era of oil exploration and development in Oklahoma.
W. Watts Biggers, 85, American novelist, creator of Underdog. [183] Sara Braverman, 95, Romanian-born Israeli Jewish Parachutists of Mandate Palestine member, co-founder of the IDF Women's Corps. [184] Marianne Brenton, 79, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1992–1998). [185] Pery Burge, 57, English ...
The Bartlesville Morning Examiner wrote in 1957 that many publications had ranked the Price Tower among Wright's best works or among the best new buildings. [274] Depictions of the tower were displayed at Expo 58 in Brussels, and the American Institute of Architects (AIA) also hosted an exhibit in Washington, D.C., with photos of the tower. [275]
The people listed below were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, and its surrounding metropolitan area, including Osage and Washington Counties.