by bvillehistory | Feb 8, 2023
Garfield School is erected. The Almeda Hotel opens for business at the corner of Second Street and Johnstone Avenue. On January 31, the City Fire Department makes its’ first run. December 8, 1905, Town of Dewey Incorporated (Per OHS – Dewey was...
by bvillehistory | Feb 8, 2023
The Great Western Glass Company is established.
by bvillehistory | Feb 8, 2023
The Vitrified Brick Plant opens for business, producing 50,000 bricks a day. One of the town’s earliest industries, Crystal Ice and Storage Company, is built.
by bvillehistory | Feb 8, 2023
The Oklah Theater is built.
by bvillehistory | Feb 8, 2023
The Santa Fe railroad comes to Bartlesville. Bartles moves his combination store and home to establish the community of Dewey. Keeler builds the town’s first stone building at the northwest corner of Second Street and Johnstone Avenue.
