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Wichita County, Texas
Historical Markers in Electra, Texas
Duane tells the stories behind 7 Texas historical markers in Electra, in Wichita County. Each one is hand-told in his own voice, with the official marker text right alongside. Common themes here: Oil Boom, Native History, and Cowboys & Cattle. The markers on this list were placed between 1960 and 2018. 2 are Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks.
Start with these Electra stories
- Kadane Discovery Wellplaced 1978
(About 700 Feet to the Southwest) Oil development in this part of Wichita County began in 1919 from shallow depths in the KMA Field.
- The Old Buffalo Roadplaced 1970
Named for its traffic in buffalo hides and bones, this north Texas road gave subsistence to pioneers while aiding in mass "harvest" of the American…
- Clayco #1 Oil Well
Clayco No. 1 Woodruff-Putnam, 1628 feet. Here flowed oil April 1, 1911, opening one of the world's greatest oil fields.
- KMA Oilfieldplaced 2018
Covering 135,000 acres and holding more than 3,000 wells, the KMA Oilfield has impacted the north Texas area since the early twentieth century.
- Electra State Bankplaced 1966
Building erected 1908, the first brick structure in Electra. Occupied 1908-1911 by Waggoner Bank; 1911-1931 by First State Bank; since 1931 by…
- Grand Theatreplaced 2006
Electra's population surge in the 1910s led local business leaders to hire Meador & Wolfe of Ft. Worth to design a theatre to accommodate the town's…
Electra on the Texas history calendar
All 7 historical markers in Electra
Historical markers near Electra
- Iowa Park7 stories · 11 mi
- Holliday7 stories · 16 mi
- Burkburnett23 stories · 19 mi
- Wichita Falls61 stories · 22 mi
- Vernon8 stories · 27 mi
- Archer City14 stories · 29 mi
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