Follett

Follett was laid out in 1917 by Thomas C. Spearman, the Santa Fe official who also platted Booker, and named for Horace Follett, a locating engineer on the line. The Handbook of Texas says it boomed almost overnight as Ivanhoe's citizens moved their homes and businesses across the state line. It had a post office that year and 550 people when it incorporated in 1920. Darrouzett, its neighbour on the same railroad, began in 1917 too. The Farmer's Grain Cooperative made Follett a storage and distribution center for wheat and grain sorghum, and irrigation later helped its farms.

What the plaque says

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)

Where it stands

More markers nearby

• Follett United Methodist Church and Church Bell — steps away
• Follett United Methodist Church — steps away
• Northeast Corner of Texas — 7.6 mi
• No Man's Land — 15 mi