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Drumright, OK
Drumright is a city in Creek and Payne countiesa. It began as an oil boom town. However, the population has declined as oil production has waned in the area. The population was 2,907 at the 2010 census Drumright and nearby Cushing were at the center of the large, productive Cushing-Drumright Oil Field in the 1910s and 1920s. Drumright hosted minor league baseball. The Drumright Oilers teams played as members of the Class D level Western Association and Oklahoma State League between 1920 and 1923. In the fall of 1922, Babe Ruth and his New York Yankees teammate Bob Meusel played in an exhibition game in Drumright while on a barnstorming tour.
Today, manufacturing, oil, gas, education, medicine and agriculture are the largest local industries. Drumright is home to an area vocational and technical school, Central Technology Center, and the Drumright Regional Hospital. A tourist attraction is the Tidewater Winery that opened in a historic building that once served as a school for the children of refinery workers. Drumright hosts a festival called The Drumright Monthly Market, where hundreds of visitors come on the first Saturday of every month, seeking crafts and delicacies from all over the region. Other attractions include the yearly OilPatch Parade and Jamboree Jog, the Annual Cruising the Hills car show and the Drumright Historical Museum.
