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Bartlesville (bär`təlzvĭl), city (1990 pop. 34,256), seat of Washington co., NE Okla., on the Caney River; inc. 1897. It is a distribution center for a ranching and rich oil-producing area. Petroleum production, marketing, and research have been major enterprises since the first well was tapped in 1897. Of interest are the Price Tower, a concrete and glass building with cantilevered floors, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867–1959, American architect, b. Richland Center, Wis. Wright is widely considered the greatest American architect. After studying civil engineering at the Univ. ..... Click the link for more information. , with its arts center; and the Nellie Johnstone oil well, a replica of the first commercial oil well in the state. A U.S. Bureau of Mines energy research center is in the city. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Bill Amburn, a seventh-grade social-studies teacher at Central Middle School in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, says teachers need to talk about Halloween "because so many kids really don't have any idea where it came from. Second place was awarded to Syneva Colle of Ponca City, Oklahoma, student of Roger Price, NCTM, University of Tulsa; and third place was awarded to Jeremy Ricketson of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, also a student of Price. 10 -- The Skyscraper Museum will offer a talk on a Frank Lloyd Wright work--the Price Tower in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. |
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