Earth, TX, United States
First Irrigation Well in Lamb County. Dug by hand in 1902 for crops, cattle, and household use of Ewing Halsell (1877-1965), son of land promoter and settler W. E. Halsell, an irrigation ditch carried water half a mile to headquarters of Halsell's "Mashed O" Ranch. Six feet in diameter but only 30 f
eet deep, well is no longer in operation. (1972) #1733
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