The well was sealed and still intact despite having not been used for many decades. This well is located north of the home and is known as the Olson Well. City of Austin had sealed the well shut again in 2016 for liability reasons of course. State of Texas has labeled Olson Well as a “Historical Observation Well”
The Wallace-Burleson-Moore farmstead was built as a single farmstead in 1844. William S. Wallace and Mary Ann Wallace purchased 200 acres of land from the State of Texas in 1844 where FM 973 and Moore’s Crossing is located today. William S. Wallace and Mary Ann Wallace were slave owners. Several families were influenced by farming culture and agricultural setting in the area. (Ref: https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/8bd4eb28-fafe-4ed8-8c5a-c0b07e883c88)
The large vernacular house itself at the front entrance was built in 1844. The log cabins were built in 1846. In fact, several log cabins were built in 1846. One was located southwest of the front entrance.
2 wells were eventually added to the property. The first well was dug by William S. Wallace in 1844 and was a hand-cranking well which was manually powered. The well was modified in the year of 1846. By 1936 this well was becoming obsolete and needed to be destroyed. So then-owner J.B. Moore had the well plugged and destroyed in 1936.
Arthur Olson dug and drilled the second well in 1940 which would become known as the Olson Well. The Olson Well replaced the 1844 dug by William S. Wallace. Now the Olson Well was set up for domestic use with the purpose withdrawing water from Onion Creek through use of a jet pump powered by an electric motor. (Ref: https://s3.amazonaws.com/wellpdfs/documents/5851610/5851610.pdf)
According to records from Texas Water Development Board, Olson Well was powered by an electric motor. So this well was electric powered and not manually powered as many people would think or believe. (Ref: https://www3.twdb.texas.gov/apps/waterdatainteractive//GetReports.aspx?Num=5851610&Type=GWDB)
365mg/L of BICARBONATE ION, CALCULATED (MG/L AS HCO3) and 117mg/L of Chloride was discovered by well surveyor and recorder John Denton on the date of 3/23/1971. The Chloride came from water samples. (Ref: https://www3.twdb.texas.gov/apps/waterdatainteractive//GetReports.aspx?Num=5851610&Type=GWDB)
The location of Olson Well is 5820 FM 973 S, Del Valle, Texas, US 78617.
*The Wallace-Burleson-Moore farmstead is known as Site 41TV1631 and Site 41TV1635 to all you surveyors and archaeologists out there. Although Wallace-Burleson-Moore farmstead is commonly referred to as Site 41TV1635.
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