Directions ARE FROM Ector County Court House Square: Courthouse Square: = Ector County Courthouse Courthouse Square: = Vietnam War Memorial Courthouse Square: = Land Rush. Courthouse Square: = Freedom Flame. ---------------------------EAST 200 N Texas Street = Tom Lea's Stampede. 222 East 4th Street = Odessa American Newspaper. 620 East 5th Street = O'Neal Home. [ Marker to be re-installed later ] 1118 N Maple = Parker Ranch Museum. 222 North Grandview = William C. Sublett. 1501 N Grandview = Temple Beth El. 2500 East 8th Street = Sewell Ford. UTPB N.W. Entrance = John Ben Shepperd. Sunset Memorial Garden = Comanche Indians. Sunset Mrmorial Garden = Matthew Duncan Ector. Sunset Mausoleum = Homer R. Henderson. [ Inside ] ---------------------------NORTH / NW 1000 N. Texas = Temple Baptist Church. 1700 N. Texas = First United Pentacostal Church. 21st & Grant = Pecos Depot. Odessa College Campus = 1889-1891 Site of Odessa College Odessa College Campus = Globe of SW. Odessa College Campus = West Texas Relays. 31st Andrews Hwy. = Furr's Cafeteria. [inside] 4201 N. Grant = Permian Basin. 4201 N. Grant = Permian Basin Oil Show. 4201 N. Grant = Odessa Chuck Wagon Gang. 4201 N. Grant = Sand Hills Hereford & Quarter Horse Show. 4201 N. Grant = E.G. Rodman Jr. Walk. 4201 N. Grant = M.O. Boring Jr. Walk. 4201 N. Grant = W.D. Noel Walk. 4201 N. Grant = Cable Tool Drilling Rig 4201 N. Grant = El Paso Compressor. [N.E. corner by Cable tool Rig] N. Dixie & 44th St. = Prairie Dog. Grandview & Yukon Rd = Ratliff Links. Grandview & Yukon Rd = Ratliff Ranch. 4.5 Miles N. 385 = Emigrant Trail. 4.7 Miles N. 385 = Schlemeyer Airport. Miles N. 385 = Barrow Ranch. 11 Miles N. 385 @ 158 = LeGrande Survey of 1833. 11 Miles N. 385 @ 158 = Baker Ranch School. North Cowden SH 158 = North Cowden Marker [ Unable to find. ] Goldsmith = Goldsmith City Hall. [block West of Light] 19 Mi. SH 302 = 1849 Marcys Crossing. SH 302 Notrees = Notrees Marker. ---------------------------SOUTH 205 N. Grant = Livery Stable 205 N. Grant = Odessa Land & Townsite. 205 N. Grant = Telephone Exchange. 205 N. Grant = Teen Court 200 N. Grant = Henderson Family. 124 E. Second St. = Founders of Odessa. 112 E. Murphy = White / Pool house. 201-203 South Hancock = Penny Residence. 314 S. Muskingum = Site of old Douglas School. S. Dixie & Murphy = William C. Sublett Grave. 4 Miles SW. 385 = Cowden Ranch. ---------------------------WEST 311 N. Grant = Sanitarium Site. W. Second St. = Dawson Saloon 321 N. Lee = Waddell Pecan Tree. 421 N. Lee = First Methodist Church. 501 N. Lee = First Christian Church. 622 North Lee = Presidential Museum 709 N. Lee = First Baptist Church. 210 N Lincoln = Central Fire Station. 300 N. Sam Houston = Ector County Library. Ector County Library = Old First State Bank mosaic. [ Inside ] 411 W. 8th Street = Odessa City Hall. City Hall bldg. = Odessa Marker. 802 N. Sam Houston = Jackrabbit 802 N. Sam Houston = ECISD. 802 N. Sam Houston = Jackrabbit Roping. 908 N. Sam Houston = Van Horn Site. 500 West 21 St. = Bowie Junior High. 1401 N Sam Houston = First Presbyterian Church. 802 N Washington = Rice Hemphill House. 401 N. West Cty Road = St. John's Episcopal Church. 3501 West Second St. = Well's Point, T&P RR Wells. 8.5 Miles S. West = Meteor Crater. 14 M W. IH20 Rest Area = Caprock. Penwell IH20 = Penwell Marker [ Unable to find ] 1 Mi. East of Penwell = [ Found Grave of 5 R.R. Workers S. of RR ]Email comments
Courtesy: Odessa American Historical edition; Aug. 13, 1998
Thank you Publisher Bill Salter & all the staff!
Bill Salter Quote: "IF IT'S TO BE, IT IS UP TO ME".
update 9/20/98