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 Ibex
N 32° 40.983 W 099° 07.911
14S E 487638 N 3616157
Texas Historical Marker in a pullout in front of the ruins of a refinery at what once was Ibex, TX, providing some history of this short-lived boomtown that was fatally injured by fire.
Waymark Code: WM118E7
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 09/06/2019
Views: 6
Marker Number: 17528
Marker Text:
Oil drilling in the 1920s transformed this area from cattle ranches to a boomtown. In 1919, the Ibex Oil Co. drilled a successful well into the Caddo Lime formation. Soon other drilling companies came and wooden derricks spread for miles. In 1921, Ibex sold their leases to the Landreth Co. Ed Landreth built a gasoline refinery, water-powered by a dam on Hubbard Creek. Lone Star Gas, Humble Oil and other companies built facilities and dozens of employee homes. Other families slept in tents or open pastures. In the 1920s, the Ibex community had a school, grocery, dry goods, hotels, cafes, and a central phone office. The post office operated from 1923-53 before the population fell. Today, foundations and smokestacks remain from the industrial past of Ibex. (2013)
Marker is Property of the State of Texas
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