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Ector County, Texas
Historical Markers in Odessa, Texas
Duane tells the stories behind 40 Texas historical markers in Odessa, in Ector County. Each one is hand-told in his own voice, with the official marker text right alongside. Common themes here: Oil Boom, Strange But True, Native History, and Cowboys & Cattle. The markers on this list were placed between 1936 and 2018. 2 are Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks.
Start with these Odessa stories
- Odessa Telephone Exchangeplaced 1974
Began operation about 1897, with Edna Fielding as "central" (operator). After Miss Fielding's death in 1902, the Rev. G. B. Ely, a baptist minister…
- Site of Homestead of William C. Sublettplaced 1967
Born 1835 in Alabama. Moved to north Texas before the Civil War, in which he served as a Confederate.
- Well's Pointplaced 1967
Texas & Pacific Railroad Wells. In 1879 railroad headed west out of Fort Worth. Preceding construction - on land later in town of Odessa - water…
- Baker Ranch Schoolplaced 1965
Since there were no public schools in rural Ector County, R.W. Smith and Teague Baker in 1906 erected an 8'x10' school building in Baker's pasture.
- Captain Randolph B. Marcy's Southern Route Expeditionplaced 2014
The California Gold Rush in 1849 prompted the U.S. government to appoint army captains to escort prospective gold seekers to California.
- Comanche War Trailplaced 1964
A Barred, Bristling flying wedge--the Comanches--Rode into 18th century Texas, driving the Wichitas and Caddoes East, the Apaches West, becoming…
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All 40 historical markers in Odessa
- Baker Ranch School1965
- Captain Randolph B. Marcy's Southern Route Expedition2014
- Comanche War Trail1964
- Earl George Rodman, Sr. and William Douglas Noel2015
- Ector County1936
- Ector County Courthouse1964
- Ector County Land Rush1965
- Ector County Newspapers1974
- Ector County's First Dry Hole1965
- Ector High School2017
- El Paso Natural Gas Company's First Compressor Transmission Engine1970
- Emigrant Trail1964
- Emmet V. Headlee, M.D.2011
- First National Bank of Odessa2018
- Gardendale2016
- General Matthew D. Ector1963
- Homer Robert Henderson1967
- Mrs. John L. Morris (Marjorie)1967
- Odessa1964
- Odessa Land & Townsite Company1967
- Odessa Meteor Crater1962
- Odessa Petrochemical Complex2015
- Odessa Telephone Exchange1974
- Old Buffalo Wallow1964
- Permian Basin1964
- Prairie Dog1964
- Site of Blackshear High School2006
- Site of Homestead of William C. Sublett1967
- Site of Odessa College1967
- Site of Old Livery Stable and Wagon Yard1967
- Site of The Dawson Saloon1967
- Site of The Odessa Sanitarium1967
- St. Joseph Catholic Church2017
- The Cable Tool Rig1964
- The Caprock1967
- The Jackrabbit1964
- W.T. Barrett Stadium2016
- Waddell Pecan Tree1972
- Well's Point1967
- White-Pool House1980
Historical markers near Odessa
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