Well's Point
Texas & Pacific Railroad Wells. In 1879 railroad headed west out of Fort Worth. 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 two 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). Odessa was born Aug. 4, 1886, on a section owned by T. & P. Railroad. (1967)
31.8266° N, 102.4038° W
Where to Find It
W. 2nd St. (Business 20), S side, 0.3 mi. E of Loop 338
Nearby Markers
- 2 mi E Ector High School Odessa
- 2.3 mi NE Odessa Odessa
- 2.4 mi NE The Jackrabbit Odessa
- 2.4 mi NE Waddell Pecan Tree Odessa
- 2.4 mi NE Site of The Dawson Saloon Odessa
- 2.5 mi NE Site of Old Livery Stable and Wagon Yard Odessa