Other Sites of Interest Locally
http://www.ector.lib.tx.us/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Ector County Library
http://www.odessahistory.com - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - History
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/radar/latest/ds.p19r0/si.kmaf.shtml - - Weather
http://www.odessapd.com/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Police Dept
http://www.ci.odessa.tx.us/ - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - City of Odessa
http://www.usachamber.com/odessa/index.asp - Chamber of Commerce
http://www.ectorcountysheriff.us/ - - - - - - - --- - - - - Ector County Sheriff
http://myweb.cableone.net/pbcug/ - - - - - - - - - - - - -  PC Computer Club
http://www.pblug.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Linux Computer Club
http://www.jtlphotography.com/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - JTL Photography
http://myweb.cableone.net/bingosam2/ - - - - - - - - - -Steve Dudley's Site
http://home.grandecom.net/~vcbecker/ - - - - - - - -Ann's Courthouse Site
http://tylersterritory.com/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Tylers Superb Site

The Latter Day Saints. History Center
  501 North. John. Ben Sheppard Parkway, 
Odessa Texas (432) 362-8688
 Director: Doyle Walden 333-2844, info: Ranae Ormsby 362-4790.

Research Hours: Tuesday & Wednesday 10:00AM - 9:00PM
Thursday 10:00AM - 8:00PM.
 Please call  362-8688 before you go.

Odessa TX First Court House 1882-1904 ( 1 of 4 )
On July 16, 1891 the commissioners' court entered an order that one George Bruce was to remove the Municipal Sanitarium to the Center of Block 35, and such building was to be used for the County Courthouse. He was to be paid $300.00, to give a a bond with two good sureties, and to complete the job by August 29, 1891, at which time it was to be accepted by the county judge and Commissioner James Bolton.

This was the first courthouse of Ector County, and it stood in the same location as the present one. It was a white, two-story frame building. The top floor was used for the courtroom of the county and the district courts. The ground floor had four rooms; two rooms were used for the school, one room was used for the sheriff, and the fourth room was used jointly by the county and district clerks. 

Ector County Court House 1904-1938 (2 of 4)

Ector County Court House 1938-1964 (3 of 4)

Ector County House 1964-today  # 4
Court house #3 intact, is inside all the stone work seen here.

Updated: 07/14/06