North Cowden Heritage Site

North Cowden Marker Text

Location:  SH 158 at S. City limits, Cowden

Year Marker Erected: 1965

Site of Ector County's second big oil strike.
 Named for ranching family of John M. Cowden,
an 1885 Permian Basin settler; one of 4 brothers, ranching community leaders on Texas frontiers.
 Oil and gas development began here with the 1930 discovery.
 Post Office granted 1947.
 Town continues as a Permian Basin petroleum source.

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