Region: Panhandle Plains
In eastern Lamb County, the town was founded by W.P. Soash of Waterloo, Iowa,
in 1908. Soash bought 87,000 acres of ranch land and resold these lands to
northern pioneers, arranging special trains to bring prospective buyers to the
area. Soash persuaded the Adam Powell family to move their post office south to
the new town site and named it after their son, W. Olton Powell.
Bed-and-breakfast facilities available in historic building
downtown.