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Well's Point Texas & Pacific Railroad Wells |
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TX,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
31° 49' 36.02142000012",
-102° 24' 13.6707500016"
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Texas State
Historical Marker |
In 1879 railroad headed west out of Fort Word. Preceding construction on land later in town of Odessa-water wells were dug in July, 1881. Town section was thereafter called Well's Point. One Well was unusable because of Alkali; other tow Wells supplied construction men, train crews. February 1886, just before Odessa lot sale, a group of townsite promoters came to Well's point in An Armada of Prairie schooners from mariensfield (now Stanton). Odessa was born Aug. 4, 1886, on a section owned by T. & P. Railroad.
This page last updated: 7/15/2008 |
Well's Point Texas & Pacific Railroad Wells Historical Marker Location Map, Texas
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