Pioneer's Well

The well belongs to the Llano Cattle Company's busiest year. In 1883 the company fenced its pasture and moved its headquarters to about three miles from the future site of Post. That summer failing health sent manager Ben Galbraith home to Illinois, and Rollie C. Burns took his place. Small free-rangers along the north boundary cut the new fences during 1883 and 1884, and at one point hired gunmen were called in. The trouble eased as more settlers fenced their own land, but Burns resigned after one difficult year as manager.

What the plaque says

Pioneer's Well County's first hand-dug rock-walled well. Dug 1883 by Llano Ranch workmen. Well is 5 feet square, 40 feet deep and lined with sandstones placed without the use of mortar. Original wood curb was destroyed by fire, 1937. Present curb is replica. Well was used 45 years. (1968)

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Garza County Historical Museum — 2.4 mi
  The county museum of Post, C. W. Post's planned town below the Caprock, kept in the stone sanitarium the town opened in 1912 as the best-equipped medical building west of Fort Worth.
• Slaton Harvey House — 23 mi
  A 1912 Santa Fe Harvey House in the railroad town of Slaton, restored as a museum, event hall and five-room inn overlooking a working BNSF yard.

More markers nearby

• Kate McCommis — steps away
• Llano Ranch — steps away
• Garza County — 2.3 mi
• Post — 2.3 mi