Russ Rickerson (right) stands next to his historic oil well on Ottawa Street in Paola. It is one of the first, if not the first, oil wells in Kansas, dating back to 1913. Pictured with Rickerson is Raymond Winisky of Paola, who made the sign for the old cable tool-drilled oil well.Gene Morris / Miami County Republic
By Gene Morrisemorris@cherryroad.com PAOLA – A piece of Kansas history sits tucked along the side of Ottawa Street, just three blocks east of Silver Street…
