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59-651: Bartlesville is a city mostly in Washington County and Osage County, Oklahoma . The population was 37,290 at the 2020 census . Bartlesville is 47 miles (76 km) north of Tulsa and 18 miles (29 km) south of the Kansas border. It is the county seat of Washington County. The Caney River runs through Bartlesville. Bartlesville is the primary city of the Bartlesville Micropolitan area, which consists of Washington County and had

118-597: A bank of the Caney River, near Bartlesville. Before its merger with Conoco , Phillips Petroleum Company had its headquarters in Bartlesville. After ConocoPhillips formed, the combined company established a global systems and services office in Bartlesville. ConocoPhillips spun most of its operations not related to exploration and production to form a new company, Phillips 66 , in 2012. The two companies combined employ or contract with more than 3,800 people in

177-531: A destructive tornado hit Bartlesville, causing severe damage. This was the same tornado that had earlier caused extensive damage and at least one fatality in Barnsdall . A Hampton Inn hotel was severely damaged by the tornado. As it moved through Barnsdall, the tornado was given a preliminary rating of EF4 by the NWS , but it is unknown if the tornado maintained that intensity as it reached Bartlesville. According to

236-405: A female householder with no husband present, 4% had a male householder with no husband present, and 32.9% were non-families. Individuals living alone accounted for 28.7% of households and individuals who were 65 years of age or older living alone accounted for 12.9%. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.91. In the county, the population was spread out, with 23.4% under

295-470: A female householder with no husband present, and 32.5% were non-families. 29.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.89. In the city, the population was spread out, with 24.9% under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 24.8% from 25 to 44, 23.7% from 45 to 64, and 18.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age

354-416: A grist mill along the Caney River, which he used to grind seed corn. In 1875, he sold the mill to Jacob Bartles (for whom the town of Bartlesville would be named), who modified the mill to produce wheat flour. Other important agricultural crops included potatoes, sorghum and oats, as well as prairie hay and pecans. Cotton production was attempted in the early 1900s, but the soil proved unsuitable and this crop

413-494: A line from Stevens, Kansas to Dewey, Oklahoma in 1901-2 and another line from Hominy, Oklahoma to Bartlesville in 1903–04. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the county has a total area of 424 square miles (1,100 km ), of which 415 square miles (1,070 km ) is land and 8.8 square miles (23 km ) (2.1%) is water. It is the second-smallest county in Oklahoma by land area and smallest by total area. It lies in

472-475: A natural lake south of the present city of Bartlesville. In 1874, he opened a trading post and post office on Turkey Creek, in what is now East Bartlesville. In the following year, he bought a grist mill on the Caney River and modified it to produce flour. Bartles then built a two-story general store and residence, and added a rooming house, a blacksmith shop and a livery stable. Other settlers soon moved into

531-601: A population of 51,843 in 2018. A small portion of the city is in Osage County . The city is also part of the Tulsa Combined Statistical Area , with a population of 1,151,172 in 2015. Bartlesville is notable as the longtime home of Phillips Petroleum Company . Frank Phillips founded Phillips Petroleum in Bartlesville in 1905 when the area was still an Indian Territory . The company merged with Conoco as ConocoPhillips and later split into

590-413: Is a 1957 American musical film based on the 1954 stage musical of the same name , itself based on the 1953 novel 7½ Cents by Richard Pike Bissell . The film was produced and directed by George Abbott and Stanley Donen , with most Broadway cast members repeating their roles in the movie with the notable exception of star Doris Day . The choreography is by Bob Fosse , who also staged the dances for

649-452: Is a single-runway airport. Runway 17/35 is a concrete runway that is 6,850' by 100'. It has terminal and fixed-base operations and is owned by the City of Bartlesville. In the early 1950s, the airport hosted commercial air transportation provided by Central Airlines . Commercial air transportation is now available at Tulsa International Airport, about 45 miles south. Bartlesville is served by

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708-646: Is held in the fall. An Oklahoma Indian Summer Festival is held at the Community Center downtown each fall. Bartlesville's downtown revitalization efforts are in full swing, with many blocks of the National Register Historic District, and the catalyst project, the once burned out May Brothers and 1904 Buildings, coming to completion at the downtown's center. The original Kress Building has been taken over by Bartlesville Monthly Magazine and restored. Downtown Bartlesville Inc.,

767-661: Is hosted in Bartlesville. Oklahoma Wesleyan University , a private religious school affiliated with the Wesleyan Church , enrolls about 1,100 students at the main campus in Bartlesville, satellite locations, and online campuses. About 700 students attend the Rogers State University branch campus downtown. Career and technical training is provided by Tri County Technology Center , which offers several programs for high-school and adult students along with short-term courses. In December 2018, Tri-County Tech

826-579: Is in the Bartlesville school district, while a few parts in the north are covered by Dewey Public Schools . In regards to sections in Osage County, parts are covered by the Bartlesville school district, while other parts are covered by Dewey Public Schools, and Osage Hills Public School . Private schools in Bartlesville include St. John School, a Catholic school of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tulsa ; Coram Deo Classical Academy, and

885-440: Is no longer the headquarters, the company still has many employees in the community. In 2002, Phillips Petroleum merged with Conoco Oil Company and became ConocoPhillips . Bartlesville was originally a sundown town where African Americans were not allowed to live. By 1907, the restriction had been lifted, and newspapers noted the town's first natural death of an African American, a man named Robert McGee. In 1957, Bartlesville

944-510: Is unfaithful to him. Mable, another office worker, presents various seemingly compromising but innocent scenarios to Hinesy to convince him that he must learn to trust his girlfriend ("I’ll Never Be Jealous Again"). Babe attempts to maintain a business attitude, but Sid complains that she keeps her distance and asks her for a date. Babe responds that they must remain in their roles as the grievance committee and management. Sid counsels himself to forget about his attraction to Babe ("Hey There"). At

1003-775: The Iraq War . Bruce Goff designed Shin'enKan ("The House of the Far Away Heart") in 1956. Built for Joe D. Price as his house and studio, it was destroyed by fire in December 1996. Bartlesville is the home of multiple other Goff buildings, a home for the Price Pipe and Supply Family by Frank Lloyd Wright, and numerous homes by the Kansas City architect Edward Buehler Delk , most notably LaQuinta . The Conference Basketball tournament for The Great American Conference

1062-593: The South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad , a shortline carrier of Watco . The Bartlesville Barflies barbershop quartet were the inaugural champions of SPEBSQSA . The city served as the setting for much of Terrence Malick 's 2012 film To the Wonder . Portions of the movie Killers of the Flower Moon were filmed here. Washington County, Oklahoma Washington County is a county located in

1121-694: The Tulsa - Muskogee -Bartlesville, OK combined statistical area . It is located along the border with Kansas . The Osage ceded their land claims in 1825, and the Federal Government allowed the Western Cherokee to settle in this area in 1828. The 1835 Treaty of New Echota confirmed Cherokee ownership of the land. The area now covered by Washington County was part of the Cherokee Saline District between 1840 and 1856 and

1180-557: The United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 21.1 square miles (54.6 km), of which 21.1 square miles (54.6 km) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km) (0.09%) is water. The Caney River flows through Bartlesville, separating the downtown area from the east side. The river flooded in October 1986 as a result of unusually heavy rainfall. The city was split in half for several days, and

1239-416: The "OK Mozart" International Festival, and organized around the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , the festival featured performances of classical music, jazz, light opera, and more. World-renowned musicians who have performed at OK Mozart include Itzhak Perlman , Joyce Yang , Joshua Bell , and André Watts . Around 2018 the festival renamed itself OKM Music to signify that it was broadening its range beyond

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1298-955: The Bartlesville Industrial Park and the Sunset Industrial Park. The Bartlesville Industrial Park landed a multi-million dollar lithium-ion battery recycling plant in September of 2023. Price Tower , designed by Frank Lloyd Wright , stands in downtown Bartlesville. It is Wright's only realized skyscraper , and one of only two vertically oriented Wright structures extant (the other is the S.C. Johnson Wax Research Tower in Racine, Wisconsin ). The nearby Bartlesville Community Center, designed by William Wesley Peters , one of Wright's students, hosts OKM Music, an annual week-long music event in June. Begun in 1985 as

1357-749: The Bartlesville Redevelopment Trust Authority, the Bartlesville Convention & Visitors Bureau and the Bartlesville Development Authority work in tandem to promote this thriving "Next City". Frank Phillips's former home is a museum maintained by the Oklahoma Historical Society. His ranch and retreat about 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Bartlesville is called Woolaroc (a portmanteau of

1416-556: The Bartlesville-Dewey Field in 1905 and the Copan, Canary, Hogshooter, and Wann fields were located in 1907. Several oil companies set up headquarters in the county, most notably Phillips Petroleum in Bartlesville. Railroads came to this area at the turn of the 20th century. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway opened a line from Owen to Owasso, Oklahoma in 1899. The Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad opened

1475-595: The Broadway production. Sid Sorokin has just been hired as superintendent of the Sleeptite Pajama Factory in Cedar Rapids, Iowa , where the union is pushing for a raise of 7½ cents per hour to bring them in line with the industry standard ("The Pajama Game"). The factory's owner, Mr. Hasler, thinks the raise is unnecessary. Impatient to improve efficiency amid employee slackness ("Racing With

1534-532: The Clock"), Sid shoves a dawdling employee, who reports Sid to “the Grievance Committee,” claiming that Sid “beat him up.” When "Babe" Williams, a factory worker and chair of the Grievance Committee, comes to investigate the claims of abuse, Sid doesn’t take her seriously as an adversary: "You’re the cutest grievance committee I’ve ever had to deal with." A businesslike Babe instructs the employee to have

1593-639: The Cooweescoowee District from 1856 to 1906. The first post office was established in 1859 at the confluence of Butler Creek and the Caney River by James L. Butler. Known as Little Verdigris, the settlement also had a trading post and a school. The Civil War caused most of the inhabitants to move away and the post office closed in 1866. In 1867, the Cherokees sold 157,600 acres to the Eastern Delaware . In 1870, Nelson Carr built

1652-519: The Eastern Lowlands physiographic region, and is drained by the Caney River . Lakes and reservoirs include Copan Lake , Silver Lake and Bar-Dew Lake . As of the 2010 United States census , there were 50,976 people, 21,036 households, and 14,123 families residing in the county. The population density was 45/km (120/sq mi). There were 23,451 housing units at an average density of 55.3 per square mile (21.4/km ). The racial makeup of

1711-523: The Wesleyan Christian School, which is affiliated with First Wesleyan Church and Paths to Independence, a school for children and adults with autism. Some students also attend Tulsa-area private high schools. Bartlesville is served by two US Highways and one Oklahoma state highway: Intercity bus service is available through Jefferson Lines . Bartlesville Municipal Airport sits on the city's west side on US-60 in Osage County. It

1770-477: The age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 22.8% from 25 to 44, 27.9% from 45 to 64, and 17.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41.4 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 109.8 males. As of 2010, the median income for a household in the county was $ 35,816, and the median income for a family was $ 43,514. Males had a median income of $ 34,201 versus $ 22,389 for females. The per capita income for

1829-535: The area. Chevron Phillips also has an office here. Phillips Petroleum had a large presence in Bartlesville. A writer for the Tacoma (Wash.) News Tribune said, "I never quite understood why the town where I spent my high school years wasn't named Phillipsburg. Nearly everything else in town was named after the Phillips Petroleum company or its founder". The Bartlesville area has two industrial parks,

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1888-407: The city was 82.09% White , 3.20% African American , 7.18% Native American , 0.96% Asian , 0.02% Pacific Islander , 1.02% from other races , and 5.54% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 3.02% of the population. There were 14,565 households, out of which 30.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.9% were married couples living together, 9.7% had

1947-468: The climate of Bartlesville is considered humid subtropical ( Köppen Cfa ) with cool winters and hot summers, with the majority of precipitation falling in spring, between the months of April and June. Bartlesville lies in Tornado Alley , meaning that severe weather, including tornadoes, can occur. Severe weather occurs most often in the spring months, and occurs with much less frequency throughout

2006-517: The company picnic ("Once-A-Year-Day") initially Babe again rejects Sid’s attentions. She relents after her defiance of Sid’s warning not to volunteer to have an apple knocked off her head during Hinesy’s knife-throwing act results in a near miss; Sid again warns Babe against stubborn defiance. Sid and Babe become a couple, with Sid declaring his love ("Small Talk"), but Babe worries that their roles in management and labor will drive them apart. She warns him that she will be fighting hard “for her side” during

2065-546: The county was $ 20,250. About 8.70% of families and 11.90% of the population were below the poverty line , including 15.70% of those under age 18 and 7.80% of those age 65 or over. According to 2021 census estimates, its median household income was $ 55,216. The following sites in Washington County are listed on the National Register of Historic Places The Pajama Game (film) The Pajama Game

2124-474: The county was 93.9% white , 2.4% black or African American , 10.3% Native American , 1.1% Asian , less than 0.1% Pacific Islander , 1.7% from other races , and 6.1% from two or more races. Five percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. By 2020, its population was 52,455. As of 2010, there were 21,036 households, out of which 30.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.1% were married couples living together, 11% had

2183-429: The early days of petroleum production in Oklahoma and the evolution of Phillips Petroleum in that industry. Admission is free. A Wall of Honor is inside Washington Park Mall, with names of service members listed on panels beside cabinets that display military artifacts, photos, story boards, POW / MIA listings, and other exhibits. A special display honors Lance Corporal Thomas A. Blair, Oklahoma's first casualty during

2242-442: The factory; he is fighting for both their futures. Sid admits that he bluffed his way into the top management job, having just been a cutting room foreman previously. Babe remains determined to fight for the union and tries to talk herself out of her feelings for Sid ("Hey There" reprise). Hoping to uncover Hasler's secrets, Sid takes Gladys on a date to the local hot spot ("Hernando's Hideaway"). In her drunken state, Gladys lends Sid

2301-489: The flood caused considerable property damage. The river broke its banks again in June 2007, cresting five feet below the 1986 level. The Pathfinder Parkway , a paved trail for walking, running, and cycling, runs alongside the Caney River. Bartlesville is familiar with both very hot conditions in the summer with a record high of 115 °F or 46.1 °C and with very cold conditions with a record of low of −28 °F or −33.3 °C. However, even with this record of extremes,

2360-517: The immediate area, which was then called Bartles Town. In 1880, Bartles moved his Turkey Creek post office to this town. Bartles then provided the community with electricity, a telephone system and a water distribution system. Development of the present city began after William Johnstone and George B. Keeler opened a general store on the south side of the Caney River in 1884. The first newspaper, The Weekly Magnet , began publication in March 1895. The town

2419-422: The key to the locked account book. A jealous, drunken Hinesy chases Gladys with a knife, but Gladys forgives him, believing he would never truly hurt her, after Sid sets Hinesy straight. Sid discovers that Hasler recorded the raise as having been instituted months earlier and has been pocketing the difference himself. Sid threatens to send the book to the board of directors if the raise is not paid immediately. At

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2478-446: The male lead, played by Raitt, was originally offered to Frank Sinatra . Had he accepted the role, Paige said, she would have played the part that was given to Doris Day. In this film, the calendar behind Sid Sorokin's desk while he sings " Hey There " shows July 1954. The film has a 87% rating on Rotten Tomatoes . At the time of its release, it received a favorable review by Bosley Crowther of The New York Times . He compared

2537-518: The nearby Osage County oil fields were developed and railroads were built into the area. In 1900, Phoenix Oil Company built a pipeline from Osage County to Bartlesville's Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway depot, where there was an oil loading facility. Oil was shipped from there to a refinery in Neodesha, Kansas in the same year. Washington County fields were developed soon afterward. The Bartlesville Field reached peak development during 1904 to 1906;

2596-410: The northeastern part of the U.S. state of Oklahoma . As of the 2020 census , the population was 52,455. Its county seat is Bartlesville . Named for President George Washington , it is the smallest county in Oklahoma in total area, adjacent to the largest county in Oklahoma, Osage County . Washington County comprises the Bartlesville, OK micropolitan statistical area , which is also included in

2655-499: The nurse examine him and write up a report. Babe later dismisses the matter as an exaggeration by the employee, who "doesn’t even have a bruise." The female employees mock Babe’s changed attitude, accusing her of being infatuated with the new supervisor, which Babe denies ("I’m not in Love At All"). Meanwhile, the factory's time study man, "Hinesy", is unable to get over his suspicions that his girlfriend Gladys, Hasler's secretary,

2714-484: The population was 79.0% White (76.1% non-Hispanic), 3.1% Black or African American, 8.7% Native American, 1.4% Asian (0.4% Indian, 0.3% Chinese, 0.2% Vietnamese), 2.1% reporting some other race, 5.7% reporting two or more races and 5.9% Hispanic or Latino (4.5% Mexican, 0.3% Spanish or Spaniard, 0.2% Puerto Rican). Oklahoma's first commercial oil well, the Nellie Johnstone, discovered oil on 15 April 1897 along

2773-557: The predominantly classical music it had featured for much of its 33-year history. The Community Center also hosts the concerts presented by the Bartlesville Community Concert Association. The city also hosts several annual festivals and shows, nearly all focused in the downtown. Sunfest is the first weekend of June. It includes an arts and crafts show, a music festival, a kids festival, and a classic cars show. A second classic air show and festival

2832-454: The rest of the year. The city lies within USDA plant hardiness zone 7a (0 to 5 °F/-17.8 to -15 °C). As of the census of 2000, there were 34,748 people, 14,565 households, and 9,831 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,646.4 inhabitants per square mile (635.7/km). There were 16,091 housing units at an average density of 762.4 per square mile (294.4/km). The racial makeup of

2891-412: The top and Sid the bottoms. The principal cast of the Broadway musical repeated their roles for the movie, with the exception of Janis Paige , whose role is played by Doris Day ; and Stanley Prager , whose role is played by Jack Straw . As recounted in 2016 by Paige, the studio desired to use as many members of the Broadway cast as possible. But one of the leads had to be a movie star. She said that

2950-473: The two independent companies, Phillips 66 and ConocoPhillips. Both companies have retained some operations in Bartlesville, but they have moved their corporate headquarters to Houston . It is one of two places in Oklahoma where a Lenape Native American tribe lives, the other being Anadarko . Jacob Bartles, son-in-law of Delaware chief Charles Journeycake, moved from Wyandotte County, Kansas , to Indian Territory in 1873. He settled first at Silver Lake,

3009-407: The union meeting that evening, amid talk of a strike ("7½ Cents"), Sid arrives with Hasler, who announces he has agreed to the raise. When Babe realizes that Sid engineered the raise and that he has only been attempting to avert labor strife, she returns to him. Sometime later, the employees of Sleeptite put on a fashion show, with Babe and Sid, now married, sharing a single set of pajamas, Babe wearing

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3068-648: The upcoming negotiations for the 7½ cent raise. Nevertheless, Babe declares that she returns his love and they both are jubilant ("There Once Was a Man"). The workers stage a slow-down of work ("Racing With the Clock" reprise). When Babe sabotages the machinery, Sid fires her, ending their relationship. Though fired, Babe continues to work on behalf of the union. Union workers hold a meeting on how to proceed ("Steam Heat"). They decide on more indirect sabotage, such as mismatching pajama pieces and improperly sewing on buttons. Sid visits Babe at home to convince her that their relationship can continue even if she no longer works at

3127-626: The words woo ds , la kes , roc ks ). A working ranch of 3,700 acres (1,500 ha), Woolaroc houses a museum exhibiting Phillips's extensive collections of Native American, western, and fine art. It holds one of the most complete private collections of Colt firearms in the world. The property includes the Phillips family's lodge and mausoleum , along with a huge wildlife preserve with herds of American bison , elk , Texas longhorn cattle , water buffalo , zebra , and more than 20 other animal species. The Phillips Petroleum Company Museum shows

3186-432: Was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.1 males. The median income for a household in the city was $ 47,195, and the median income for a family was $ 56,432. The per capita income for the city was $ 27,417. About 17.3% of the population were below the poverty line . As of 2010 Bartlesville had a population of 35,750. The racial and ethnic composition of

3245-425: Was also home to Frank Phillips (November 28, 1873 – August 23, 1950) who along with his brother, Lee Eldas "L.E." Phillips Sr founded Phillips Petroleum in Bartlesville in 1917 and made Bartlesville the headquarters of Phillips 66 . The new company began with assets of $ 3 million, 27 employees and leases throughout Oklahoma and Kansas but grew to become a multi-billion dollar oil company. Although Bartlesville

3304-647: Was incorporated in Indian Territory in January 1897. The town was surveyed and platted in 1898, and eighty acres were offered to the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad for a depot. The railroad, though its Kansas, Oklahoma Central and Southwestern Railway subsidiary, reached the town in 1899. The post office was moved from "North Bartlesville" in 1899. Bypassed by the railroad, Jacob Bartles moved his store to what became Dewey, Oklahoma . Bartlesville

3363-603: Was recognized for performance excellence as one of the recipients of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. Bartlesville Public Schools are in the Bartlesville Public School District (BPSD), also known as Independent School District 30. They include six elementary (PreK-5) sites, Central and Madison middle schools (6-8), and the high school (9-12). Within Washington County, almost all of Bartlesville

3422-485: Was soon discontinued. The first commercial oil well in Oklahoma, designated as Nellie Johnstone Number One, was drilled near Bartlesville in 1897. According to the Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture , the industry developed slowly because of communal land ownership by the Cherokees, the lack of crude oil markets, and lack of reliable transportation. Bartlesville became an oil boom town only after 1900, when

3481-445: Was the test site for the first experiment in pay cable television . The Bartlesville Telemovie System debuted with the film The Pajama Game , starring Doris Day, and aired it to an audience of 300 homes. The headline of the September 4, 1957, issue of Variety read, "First-Run Films Now at Home". However, after only nine months of operation, on Friday, June 6, 1958, Telemovie signed off forever. On May 6, 2024 , around 10:00PM CDT,

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