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First Producing Oil Well in West Texas |
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US 180 and SH 6 at Courthouse Square, Albany,
TX,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
32° 43' 21.71715999996",
-99° 17' 48.81509999988"
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Texas State
Historical Marker |
Marker is a miniature oil well derrick made of steel, eight feet tall, mounted on a moulded concrete base. A bronze plate attached to the derrick reads: The Texas Company --J. E. Wild A-1 Survey 65, University Lands, Shackelford County, completed November 9, 1913. Presented to The Texas Company by Texas Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association at Albany Chamber of Commerce Commemoration Dinner February 12, 1940. (1940)
This page last updated: 7/15/2008 |
First Producing Oil Well Historical Marker Location Map, West Texas Historical Marker Location Map, Albany, Texas
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