Ozona's First Water Well

In early Ozona, civic life centered on the first water well provided by city founder E. M. Powell, equipped with an 18-foot windmill, a water trough, and a small cypress tank. At the first meeting of the Crockett County Commissioners Court on July 22, 1891, held under a liveoak near the well, the sheriff was instructed to operate the city water works. At that time, tents housed most homes and stores, and water was hauled from the city well, often by children using toy wagons. Within a few years, homes had private wells and windmills, and in the early 1900s a modern system piped water throughout the city.

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