MuseumDenver City Historical Museum
Denver City · Yoakum County · Dedicated 1987 · THC Atlas #4200000122
Texas history, up close and curated.
About this site
Denver City Historical Museum is a museum in Denver City, Yoakum County, dedicated in 1987. It is one of 7 historic sites cataloged in Yoakum County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas.
The site sits at 32.9698, -102.8324 near Denver City. The nearest cataloged historic site is Memorial (cemetery), about 2.4 miles away. Others within a short drive include Discovery Well in the Wasson Field, Bonus Shack, and Yoakum County.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #4200000122. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
The Denver City Historical Museum in Yoakum County traces the story of Denver City, the last West Texas town created wholly by the discovery of oil. The area's discovery well, the No. 1-678 Ruth E. Bennett, came in on October 10, 1935, and from 1977 to 1980 Yoakum County was the top oil-producing county in the United States. The museum began as a collection of antiques in the old elementary school and grew to include pioneer keepsakes, antique farm equipment, thousands of arrowheads, and memorabilia such as the original high school scoreboard.
Sources: kcbd.comtshaonline.orgdenvercitytx.us
