Creek Oil Pioneer Dies at Sapulpa

SAPULPA. Aug. 1.- H. U. Bartlett, 68 years old, a leader in the development of Creek county oil fields and a pioneer Oklahoman, died at his home here Saturday.

After settling at Pawnee in 1893, he organized a contracting farm that built the first Pawnee county courthouse. In 1905 he moved to Mannford. Five years later following discovery of the Cushing oil field, he became active in development of fields near Bristow, Oilton, Drumright, Mannford and Sapulpa. He leaves his wife and six sons.

 Bartlett, Charley F. "Buzz"

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The hospital, first known as Sapulpa City Hospital, was built in 1921. In 1957, the H.U. and Eva Maud Bartlett Foundation purchased the hospital and implemented rapid expansion to meet the community's growing needs. The facility was renamed St. John Sapulpa in 2000.
 

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