The Slaton Well

(.5 mi. north)

Photographed by Danny L Vest, December 2, 2023

1. The Slaton Well Marker

Inscription. The Plainview Commercial Club, led by President J. O. Wyckoff, saw the potential of irrigation during a 1910 visit to wells in New Mexico. Local banker and farmer J. H. Slaton agreed to bear cost of a test well sunk on his land if it succeeded. G. E. Green and J. N. McNaughton completed the well in Jan. 1911. At 130 feet, using a nine-inch centrifugal pump, it yielded 1,700 gallons of water a minute. The success of the Slaton Well led to extensive irrigation. It transformed this semiarid area of West Texas into one of the most productive food crop regions in the world.

Erected 1976 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 5429.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Agriculture. A significant historical month for this entry is January 1911.

Location. This marker has been replaced by another marker nearby. It was located near 34° 11.375′ N, 101° 46.942′ W. Marker was near Plainview, Texas, in Hale County. It was on U.S. 70 1.6 miles west of Interstate 27, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker was in this post office area: Plainview TX 79072, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker was on Texas’ South Plains.

It was also on the American Great Plains

and specifically on the Southern Plains.

Globally, it was in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it found itself in what was once New Spain,

the Republic of Texas,

and one of the Confederate States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this location, measured as the crow flies: Gates Hall (approx. 3.3 miles away); Dr. James Henry Wayland

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(approx. 3.3 miles away); Wayland Heritage Plaza (approx. 3.3 miles away); Quanah Parker Trail (approx. 3.9 miles away); Discovery Site of the Plainview Point (approx. 3.9 miles away); Plainview Cemetery and Memorial Park (approx. 3.9 miles away); Seth Ward College (approx. 3.9 miles away); Edwin Lowden Lowe (approx. 4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Plainview.

Slaton Well Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, November 17, 2015

2. Slaton Well Marker

Slaton Well Marker location image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, November 17, 2015

3. Slaton Well Marker location

view west on US-70 at marker location.

Credits. This page was last revised on September 28, 2024. It was originally submitted on December 2, 2015, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. This page has been viewed 1,231 times since then and 34 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on September 25, 2024, by Danny L Vest of Levelland, Texas. 2, 3. submitted on December 2, 2015, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona.