English: Established in 1873 by Jacob Bartles, the son-in-law of Charles Journeycake, a Delaware Chief, the city was incorporated as a town within Indian Territory in 1897, and was surveyed and platted in 1898. The city grew in response to the arrival of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway in 1899, and the growth accelerated with the discovery of oil in the area during the early 20th Century, culminating in the establishment of the Phillips Petroleum Company in 1917, which drove most economic growth and population growth within Bartlesville into the early 21st Century. The city became the seat of the newly-incorporated Washington County in 1907, and during the early-to-mid 20th Century, became home to a cluster of high-rise buildings built for Phillips Petroleum and other companies in the energy sector, most notably the H. C. Price Company’s Price Tower by Frank Lloyd Wright. The city today is of a modest size, but features a remarkable collection of buildings, as well as a revitalized downtown.