Historical Markers in
Ochiltree County, Texas

Colonel William B. Ochiltree First Sanitarium George Morgan Perry Gray Community Church Ochiltree Cemetery Ochiltree County Ochiltree Townsite Old Blasingame Home Sheriff James Sidney Talley Site of Trading Post The Buried City
The first oil well in the United States was drilled in Texas in 1859. The discovery of oil transformed the economy of the state and helped to make Texas one of the wealthiest states in the nation.
~ Texas random facts