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It is a wall mural for nearby Wheeler #1, built in 1912. Wheeler #1 was named after
the owner of the farm, Frank M. Wheeler, on which oil was discovered by this well in
1912. Wheeler was also a livery stable proprietor and ex-stone mason in the area.
The Wheeler #1 Well was producing 400 barrels a day in 1912 and brought royalties of $125.00
per day for the Wheeler family. Within a few months of the Wheeler #1 Well, fourteen other
producing wells had been developed on the Wheeler farm. The valley and hills in the area
were peppered with oil derricks and oil wells. In less than one year after the first strike,
150 wells had been drilled and were producing 23,079 barrels of oil per day.
Still to this day, the Wheeler #1 Well has never stopped producing oil. The oil is still
of high grade quality and it produces an average of about one barrel of oil per day.
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