Ozona's First Water Well
(Drilled 1891)
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Marker Text: Focus for civic life in early Ozona. City founder E. M. Powell provided the water well equipped with 18-foot windmill, a water trough, and a small cypress tank.
At first meeting of Crockett County Commissioners Court, July 22, 1891, under a liveoak near the well, the sheriff was instructed to operate the city water works. At the time, tents housed most homes and stores, and water was hauled from city well--often by children using toy wagons. In a few years homes had private wells and windmills. A modern system piped water throughout the city in the early 1900s. (1971) Marker No: 3897
Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker
Geographic: 30.712442,-101.198051
Location: 901 Avenue D (next to Courthouse), Ozona
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