Details for Site of First Post Office in Wise County, Odessa

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5497004787

Data

Marker Number 4787
Atlas Number 5497004787
Marker Title Site of First Post Office in Wise County, Odessa
Index Entry First Post Office in Wise County, Site of, Odessa
Address
City Newark
County Wise
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 640331
UTM Northing 3652081
Subject Codes post office
Marker Year 1967
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location Rogers Road, se cor of intersection with Marshal Road
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 28" x 18"
Marker Text Established Sept. 8, 1855. First white settler in Wise County, Benjamin B. Haney, was the first postmaster. Second was Martha E. Marshall, appointed Dec. 5, 1856; third, Nathan Huff, served from March 16, 1860, until office was discontinued on Dec. 5, 1866. David C. Haynes and William Quagle, contractors, brought mail every Saturday by stagecoach from Birdville (25 mi. SE), arriving Odessa 12:00 noon. Stayed at George Wilmouth Inn two hours, arriving in Birdville 8:00 p.m. Second post office, Newark, opened 1893, after another Odessa was founded in Ector County. (1967)