Details for Follett
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5295001935
Data
| Marker Number | 1935 |
| Atlas Number | 5295001935 |
| Marker Title | Follett |
| Index Entry | Follett |
| Address | E. Ihanhoe St. |
| City | Follett |
| County | Lipscomb |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 398077 |
| UTM Northing | 4032603 |
| Subject Codes | cities and towns; railroads |
| Marker Year | 1967 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | on E. Ivanhoe (SH 15), across from Methodist Church, Follett |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 20" x 20" |
| Marker Text | A gateway to Texas Panhandle's "Golden Spread". Founded as "Ivanhoe", on a site across state line, in Oklahoma. Town moved twice to locate on a railroad. Situated here in 1917, and renamed for Horace Follett, railroad surveyor. Economy based on wheat, cattle, grain sorghums and (since 1950's) oil and gas production. (1967) |