# Greenland Ranch No. 1 oil well (1955)

- URL: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/greenland-ranch-no-1-oil-well-1955/

- Kind: Mines and quarries
- Status: Historic or vanished
- County: Douglas County, Colorado
- Point: 39.1824, -104.7953 (from a cited description (good to a few hundred feet))

- Updated: 2026-10-07

## What we know

A wildcat oil well begun in September 1955 by independent operators led by F. G. Holl, a Wichita geologist, on land of the Greenland Land and Cattle Co. (Douglas County News, Sept. 8, 1955, S-0142). Whether it found anything is not yet known.

## Where it was

'In the center of the southeast quarter, northeast quarter of Section 17, Township 10 south, Range 66 west' (Douglas County News, Sept. 8, 1955, S-0142); placed at the center of that quarter-quarter from the BLM PLSS (CadNSDI). Good to a few hundred feet.

Placed from a written description, such as a land section, a distance from a landmark or an old survey note.

## Sources

- S-0120: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/#s-0120
- S-0142: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/#s-0142

## Nearby

- [Daniels Ranch (?)](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/daniels-ranch/): 0.4 mi northwest
- [Greenland Stock Farm lake](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/greenland-stock-farm-lake/): 0.9 mi northwest
- [Loraine Ranch](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/loraine-ranch/): 1.6 mi south
- [McBroom Ranch](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/mcbroom-ranch/): 2.0 mi southwest
- [Jotham Lincoln killed (Sept. 4, 1868)](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/jotham-lincoln-killed-sept-4-1868/): 2.1 mi southeast
- [Spring Valley Cemetery](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/spring-valley-cemetery/): 2.2 mi southeast

Source numbers (S-0000) refer to https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/. Compiled by Michael Christensen for Palmer Divide Research; CC BY 4.0.