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Originally named Bigheart for Osage Chief James Bigheart, the community was officially renamed in honor of Theodore N. Barnsdall and his Barnsdall Oil Company on January 1, 1922. The Barnsdall Oil Company discovered the nearby Barnsdall or Bigheart Oil Field in 1916 and purchased the local Bigheart Producing and Refining Company in 1921.
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The Barnsdall Oil Company had discovered the nearby Bigheart (later Barnsdall) oilfield in 1916. The Barnsdall Oil Company, bought the refinery in 1921. The town was renamed on January 1, 1922 in honor of Mr. Barnsdall. The town of Barnsdall experienced a tornado in April 1911, a major fire in March 1913 and a flood in September 1915.
Barnsdall is a city in Osage County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1,034 at the 2020 census, a decline of 21.9 percent from the figure of 1,325 recorded in 2000.
Jun 16, 2012 · My story starts out before recorded history about an area that would become Oklahoma, followed by the beginning of the Osage Nation moving into Indian Territory and ending with the town of Bigheart that was renamed to Barnsdall.
Barnsdall had discovered the nearby Bigheart (later Barnsdall) oilfield in 1916. The town was renamed on January 1, 1922 in honor of Mr. Barnsdall. The town of Barnsdall experienced a tornado in April 1911, a major fire in March 1913 and a flood in September 1915. Despite these calamities, the population increased from 307 in 1910 to 2,099 in 1920.
Feb 14, 2019 · The town of Barnsdall was originally called Bigheart. It was named in honor of Osage Chief James Bigheart. (In 1906, Chief Bigheart successfully negotiated with the US government...
