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First Irrigation Well in Lamb County

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US 70, Earth, TX, USA
 
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     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)

This page last updated: 7/15/2008