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| Landmark #581 | Kern County | Visited: January 26, 2013 | Plaque? YES! 🙂 |
| What is it? | A plaque surrounded by fencing! |
| What makes it historical? | THE GUIDE SAYS: Near an area of small 40- and 50-barrel wells, it blew in over the derrick top November 27, 1909, with a production of 2,000 barrels a day and started one of the greatest oil booms California ever experienced. Well 2-6 was located as a wildcat, on June 1, 1909 by Fred C. Ripley.
OTHER TIDBITS: Originally this little town of Fellows was a rail town, and Fred C. Ripley was the assistant manager of oil properties for the Santa Fe Railway Coast Lines. The burst here at Well 2-6 revealed the Midway Oilfield and launched the western Kern County oil boom! |
| How can I Help the Helpers? | HERE’S HOW:
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| Where is this place? | LISTED DIRECTIONS: 100 ft W of Fellows Fire Station on Broadway Fellows, CA 93224 ANNOTATIONS: From Los Angeles: ~129mi (208km) — 2.2hrs |
| When should I go? | Whenever the mood strikes you! |