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A gateway to Texas Panhandle's "Golden Spread". Founded as "Ivanhoe", on a site across state line, in Oklahoma. Town moved twice to locate on a railroad. Situated here in 1917, and renamed for Horace Follett, railroad surveyor. Economy based on wheat, cattle, grain sorghums and (since 1950's) oil and gas production. (1967)
Follett is a historical marker in Follett, Lipscomb County, dedicated in 1967. It is one of 21 historical markers documented in Lipscomb County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 21 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 36.4339, -100.1369 near Follett. The nearest cataloged historic site is Follett United Methodist Church & Church Bell (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Fairmont Cemetery, Fairview Cemetery, and Northeast Corner of Texas.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5295001935. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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