Red Fork, Oklahoma

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Red Fork is a community in West Tulsa. It is famous for being the location of the first oil well in Tulsa County, the Sue A. Bland. On June 25, 1901, the first oil well in Tulsa County was completed by Drs. J.C.W. Bland and Fred S. Clinton in Red Fork. Dr. Bland, the first graduate physician in Tulsa, had moved to Red Fork in 1895 to set up a country practice. The well was on the homestead allotment of Dr. Bland’s wife, Sue A. Bland, a Creek citizen. The Sue Bland #1 was a thirty barrel well at a depth of 600 feet. This well brought the first nation wide publicity and oil boom to Tulsa and the Indian Territory.

The town was named for the Cimarron River (previously called the Red Fork of the Arkansas). Redfork was originally on Route 66 and stretch back to Lookout Mountain and west towards Berryhill. The post office closed in 1928 and became the Red Fork Station of the Tulsa Post Office. Now, it is the West Tulsa Post Office. KTUL, Channel 8 local television station, is also located in Redfork.