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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LXY_site-of-blackshear-high-school_Odessa-TX.html
In early 1890, Inez Rathbun earned money teaching area students at the Ector County Courthouse. About the same time, Ector County organized a public school system. Over the next decades, the number of students in the area steadily increased. In 19…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LWU_the-odessa-telephone-exchange_Odessa-TX.html
Began operation about 1897, with Edna Fielding as "central" (operator). After Miss Fielding's death in 1902, the Rev. G. B. Ely, a baptist minister, purchased the exchange. Pioneer rancher A. Quincy Cooper bought the system in 1911, and extended s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTYW_general-matthew-d-ector_Odessa-TX.html
County Named for Texas ConfederateGeneral Matthew D. Ector1822-1879Enlisted 1861. Lieutenant 3rd Texas Cavalry. Fought in Arkansas, Missouri and Indian territory. As colonel led 14th Texas Cavalry Kentucky invasion. Made brigadier general 1862 to …