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Odessa Land & Townsite Company |
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Odessa,
TX,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
31° 50' 46.99776999984",
-102° 22' 4.6541499996"
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Texas State
Historical Marker |
The Texas & Pacific Railroad transferred 640 acres of its land grants here in 1886 to John Hoge of Zanesville, Ohio. He formed the Odessa land & townsite company to promote sale of town lots. Prime house lots sold for $150 and business lots for $200. Literature was distributed in eastern states citing rich soil, pure water, healthful climate, and railroad sponsored excursion trains with free sleeping cars for prospective Byers form 1886 to 1889. A small frame building on this site, razed in 1911, served as the land office, and later as a school and church.
This page last updated: 7/15/2008 |
Odessa Land & Townsite Company Historical Marker Location Map, Texas
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