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. (1976)
About this site
Slaton Well is a historical marker in Plainview, Hale County, dedicated in 1976. It is one of 39 historical markers documented in Hale County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 43 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 34.1896, -101.7823 near Plainview. The nearest cataloged historic site is Dr. James Henry Wayland (historical marker), about 3.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Gates Hall, Plainview Point, Discovery Site of the, and Seth Ward College, Site of.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5189005429. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
