First Irrigation Well in Lamb County
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N 34° 14.031 W 102° 29.622
13S E 730842 N 3790926
This little post-mounted subject marker stands on the south side of US-70, a little over 4.5 miles west of Earth, TX.
Waymark Code: WM111WH
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 07/31/2019
Views: 6
Marker erected by Texas State Historical Survey Committee
Texas Historical Commission Atlas Data:
Index Entry Irrigation Well in Lamb County
Address US 70
City Earth
County Lamb
Subject Codes agriculture, general; water topics
Marker Year 1972
Marker Location US 70, 4.7 miles west of Earth - MISSING
Marker Size 20" x 20"
Marker Number: 1733
Marker Text:
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 feet deep, well is no longer in operation. (1972)
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