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Historical Markers in Odessa, Texas
Duane tells the stories behind 30 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 Outlaws & Lawmen. The markers on this list were placed between 1962 and 2018. 1 is a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark.
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…
- 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…
- Earl George Rodman, Sr. and William Douglas Noelplaced 2015
Earl George Rodman, Sr. (1896–1976) and William Douglas Noel (1914–1987) brought the petrochemical industry to Odessa.
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All 30 historical markers in Odessa
- Captain Randolph B. Marcy's Southern Route Expedition2014
- Comanche War Trail1964
- Earl George Rodman, Sr. and William Douglas Noel2015
- Ector County Courthouse1964
- Ector County Land Rush1965
- 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
- General Matthew D. Ector1963
- Homer Robert Henderson1967
- Odessa1964
- Odessa Meteor Crater1962
- Odessa Petrochemical Complex2015
- Odessa Telephone Exchange1974
- Old Buffalo Wallow1964
- Permian Basin1964
- Site of Blackshear High School2006
- Site of Homestead of William C. Sublett1967
- Site of Odessa College1967
- Site of The Dawson Saloon1967
- 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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