Historical Markers in Reeves County, Texas
Emigrants' Crossing
First Baptist Church of Pecos City
First Christian Church
George R. Reeves
Mentone
Mission Mary
Mrs. Lillie W. Cole
Old Camp Hospital
Orient Hotel
Orla
Pioneer Graveyard
Pope's Crossing
Red Bluff Dam
Reeves County
Reeves County-Pecos, Texas
San Solomon Spring
Spanish Explorers
The Pecos Cantaloupe
Toyah
Vicinity of Significant Neighbors Ford Trail
World's First Rodeo
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.