Midway Field Well 2-6 | |
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![]() Midway Field Well 2-6 First Gusher marker | |
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Location | Mocal Road, Fellows, California in Kern County |
Coordinates | 35°10′47″N119°32′56″W / 35.1797305555556°N 119.548911111111°W |
Official name | Midway Field Well 2-6 |
Designated | May 1, 1957 |
Reference no. | 581 |
The Midway Field Well 2-6 is California Historical Landmark number 581, in Kern County, California. The oil well is the first gusher in Kern County and hit oil in 1909. Midway Field Well 2-6 helped start the great oil boom in California, located in the Midway-Sunset Oil Field. The oil well became California State Historical Landmark No. 581 on May 1, 1957. The well is located on Mocal Road, Fellows, California. The well was built by Fred C. Ripley. [1] Fellows is a small town 33 miles west of Bakersfield, California.
First worked for Fred C. Ripley who was working for Santa Fe Railway coast lines as the assistant manager of oil properties. He changed jobs and in 1904 became the manager the Chanslor-Canfield Midway Oil Company until 1947. [2]