the sue bland #1 well was drilled by drs. j.c.w. bland and fred s. clinton in red fork. dr. bland, the first graduate physician in tulsa, had moved to red fork in 1895 to set up a country practice. the well was on the homestead allotment of dr. bland’s wife, sue a. bland, a creek citizen. the sue bland #1, completed on june 25, 1901, was a thirty barrel/day well at a depth of 600 feet. this well brought the first nationwide publicity and oil boom to tulsa and indian territory.