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Site of Sonora Town Well
Pioneers seeking grazing land in arid Sutton County needed a reliable source of water. I 1887 Sonora’s closest well, on of five in the county, was three miles away. Using a house-driven drill, Charlie Adams Sank the town’s first well in 1889 at this site, which became the courthouse square. A windmill pumped the water to the storage tank on the surface. In 1893 another well was drilled nearby, and in 1895 T. D. Newell bought and removed the original waterworks. This large live oak tree stood at the southwest corner of the waterworks lot.
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 Town square, Sonora, Texas in 1898 (Courthouse in background) |
 
This site is one mile north of the starting point of The Frisco Trailway
Important in development of Sutton County. 100-mile market lane, used 1900-1930. Built by E. F. Tillman (agent, Fort Worth & Rio Grande Railway), to move cattle via Fort McKavett and Menard to railhead at Brady. Fenced and 250 feet wide (Generally), lane had watered holdover traps every 10 to 15 miles. (1970) |
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