Frank's Fancy Bartlesville By Bob Burke and Dave

By Bob Burke and Dave Gillogly

In addition to putting Oklahomans to work

It is a story with three distinct chapters

The boys caught the same fever

His story is important to Oklahoma

Frank's Fancy Bartlesville By Bob Burke and DaveDriving through the entrance to Woolaroc, the Frank Phillips Ranch near Bartlesville, OK, is a step back in time. Today it is a game preserve and museum, bequeathed by Oklahoma oil man Frank Phillips to America. The tale of Woolaroc is a microcosm of a world , now slipped just past us, of the 1920s, 30s, and 40s. I was a place where the wildcatters, tycoons, and Osage Chiefs met big Eastern high finance and international socialites. It was a place of