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Black plaque № 18392

Odessa, TX, United States

Well's Point Texas & Pacific Railroad Wells. 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). Odess

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