bristow

BRISTOW, CREEK COUNTY, OKLAHOMA


From "The Roadside History Of Oklahoma"
By Francis L. and Roberta B. Fugate
(c)1991, Mountain Press Publishing Company
P. O. Box 2399, Missoula, MT 59806
Page 332

BRISTOW - OK 66

This town began in 1897 as a trading post catering to the Creek Indians. The post office was established the following year, but the town did not exist until the Frisco railroad arrived in 1901. From 1916 until 1922 petroleum development in the area created an oil boom. During the 1940s travelers found it well supplied with accomodations. Between Bristow and Stroud, unseen by motorists, there is an undergraound "tank farm," a depleted gas field into which the El Paso Natural Gas Co. injects surplus gas for storage during periods of low consumption.

From "Oklahoma Place Names," by George Shirk
University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK (c)1965

Page 29

BRISTOW. In central Creek County. Post office established April 25, 1898. Named for Senator Joseph L. Bristow of Kansas.

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