Barnsdall Oklahoma History

At the crossroads of 11 and 123

It's been near two months since I've made a post. In that time I've been busy sorting through some information and photos of Barnsdall and the surrounding area. Over the last few years of gathering all this information and material, I felt it was time to be put out there to the public. People have said I should put it in a book and with that thought in mind I wanted more to what I had already acquired. So many people have passed through Barnsdall in over the hundred year history of the town. Photos that have been hidden away from view for years about the town should be out there and seen by others. That's why I started a  Facebook page on the history of Barnsdall. As of now, it's been online for a couple weeks with a very good response. What I would like to see is more interaction of those that come to the page and post some of their photos of Barnsdall or any of the small communities close by such as Pershing, Tallant, Nelegoney, Walco, Avant and Okesa. It was in these locations that the early history of Barnsdall was written, most of it by the oil fields that sprang from the Osage soil. The Facebook page is for anyone living in Barnsdall or has lived there in the past. Photos and stories are welcome as long as they pertain to the history of the town and surrounding area. Though I have barely touched the surface of what's out there hidden in a dusty box of memories, I'm hopeful that those that stop and look over the site will add some of their own accounts from their time in Barnsdall. So, enjoy the site, cause there is much more to be posted about our town in the Osage hills.