Details for Goldsmith
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5135002198
Data
Marker Number | 2198 |
Atlas Number | 5135002198 |
Marker Title | Goldsmith |
Index Entry | Goldsmith |
Address | |
City | Goldsmith |
County | Ector |
UTM Zone | 13 |
UTM Easting | 725114 |
UTM Northing | 3540887 |
Subject Codes | oil/petroleum topics; ghost towns |
Marker Year | 1965 |
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
Marker Location | 100 ft. N. of intersection of SH 158 & Hendrickson St. (on Hendrickson St.) , Goldsmith |
Private Property | No |
Marker Condition | In Situ |
Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
Marker Text | Opened as oil field June 14, 1935, with flow of 1140 bbls. of crude oil daily from discovery well. Within a month, shacks and tents housed 350 people. Harry L. Tucker in May 1937 platted town of Ector City. Name later changed to honor C. A. Goldsmith, owner of the land. In 2 years, Goldsmith had cafes, taverns, a hospital, movie theater, hotels, motels, shops and a newspaper First residents paid 25 cents at only bath in town -- a shower sprayed from an overhead tank. Now a gas processing and distribution center. (1965) |