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Odessa, the largest town and county seat of ector county, is the chief shipping point for the surrounding livestock area as well as a center for the oil and gas industry. Connell ranch, about sixteen miles southwest of odessa, on december 28, 1926. Odessa was a sleepy little cowtown until the first producing oil well in the county was brought in on the w. Settled close to the fertile ukrainian steppe, odessa soon became the russian empires chief exporter of cereals to western europe. Ye old bookworm is located in beautiful downtown odessa, texas, with lots of gently read books in stock covering just about every subject. Apply to ownerpresident, housekeeper, payroll clerk and more. It includes the ground floor plan of the present building, noting changes with the addition.
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