Water Towers and Standpipes of the United States of America. Sponsored by "Understanding Your Home" by building inspector Mark Visser Big Spring - Texas Howard County. Photo © Mark Visser ..... Tower Information -L Tower signage: Built: Height: Capacity: Tower Information - R Tower signage: Big Spring Texas Built: Height: Capacity: Missing tower data: Please contact us if you have more information. Area Information History: The city got its name from the single, large spring that issued into a small gorge. Although the name is sometimes still mistakenly pluralized, it is officially singular. "To the native or established residents who may wince at the plural in Big Spring, it should be explained that until about 1916, when for some unexplained reason the name dropped the final 's', the official name of the town was indeed Big Springs. Captain Randolph B. Marcy's expedition in 1849 was the first United States expedition to explore and map the area. Marcy marked the spring as a campsite on the Overland Trail to California. The site began to collect inhabitants, and by the late 1870s a settlement had sprung up to support buffalo hunters who frequented the area. Resources: Wikipedia Other sites you may be interested in: Thumbnail Collection of USA Water Towers Canadian Water Towers and Standpipes Magnetic Hills in the United States of America The History of the Christian Fish Symbol Home Back to Texas Index