Details for Follett

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5295001935

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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)

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