Osage County is the largest county by area in Oklahoma and is named for and home to the Osage Nation. All subsurface minerals in the county, including oil, are owned by the Osage Nation and held in trust for them by the Federal Government.
Phillips Petroleum Company was an American oil company incorporated in 1917 that expanded into petroleum refining, marketing and transportation, natural gas gathering and the chemicals sectors. It also established many subsidiary companies, including the Standish Oil Company. In 2002, Phillips Petroleum Company merged with Conoco Inc. to form ConocoPhillips.
Otis C. Shrout (1886-1969) was a photographer and sole proprietor of the Shrout Photo Company at Wichita, Kansas, approximately 1913-1929, as well as a field representative for the Mid- Continent Banker approximately 1941-1963.
Archie D. Turley (1893-1951) was a photographer at Wichita, Kansas, 1917-1926, and Sapulpa, Oklahoma, 1926-1951.