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Midland County

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US 80 and FM 1788, Midland, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 31° 55' 39.9873", -102° 13' 10.3355699988"
 
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    First known as the junction of many trails and site of the last Comanche raid into Texas. In 1881 the Texas and Pacific Railroad was built ; equi-distant between El Paso and Fort Worth, this became known as Midland. First settler was a sheepman in 1882. Water wells and windmills lured small farmers. Became headquarters for 1928 Permian Basin oil discovery. In 1945 its first well came in . The Midland Man, oldest skeletal remains in North America (18,500 B. C.), was found in 1954.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Midland County Historical Marker Location Map, Texas