ShadesWell - Tyrone OK
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PeterNoG
N 36° 57.035 W 101° 04.386
14S E 315413 N 4091398
This historical marker is in a small pullout just southwest Tyrone on US Hwy 54.
Waymark Code: WM4YKQ
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 10/14/2008
Views: 38
~ text from marker ~
Shade's Well
Site two miles south
From this famous well, cattlemen
watered their herds of thousands
of stock while waiting shipment
over the Rock Island Railroad
after long trail drives to the end
of the track near old Tyrone. The
well was located by J. L. Shade
and H. B. Fore in 1888. It was
managed by Zachariah Cain / to
1901 ~ end of cattle trail days.
County: Texas
Record Address::
US Hwy 54
Tyrone, OK United States
73951
Web site if available: [Web Link]
Rate the Site: 
Date Erected: 1967
Sponsor (Who put it there): Oklahoma Historical Society and State Highway Commission
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