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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PSX_general-ranald-slidell-mackenzie_Plainview-TX.html
Stretching onward toward the sunset, o'er prairie, hill and vale, far beyond the double mountains winds the Old MacKenzie Trail.
Ah, what thoughts and border memories does that dreaming trail suggest; thoughts of travelers gone forever to the tw…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PSI_seth-ward-college_Plainview-TX.html
Original buildings erected in 1906-07. The school opened September 18, 1907, as Central Plains College and Conservatory of Music, with Dr. L.L. Gladney as president. The Nazarene Church maintained the college until 1910, when it was purchased by t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PSH_blasingame-home_Plainview-TX.html
When J.W. Pipkin constructed this Colonial Revival residence in 1910, Plainview was experiencing a period of dramatic economic development as a railroad center. In 1918 the home was purchased by F.E. Blasingame and his wife Mary (Rimes). For over …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PSF_site-of-lake-plainview_Plainview-TX.html
The City of Plainview, founded in the 1880s, sought agricultural supremacy for its trade area. Civic leaders pioneered irrigated farming in 1911 by boring the first of many deep water wells. In 1912, Texas Land & Development Co. installed a demons…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PSD_the-santa-fe-railroad-in-plainview_Plainview-TX.html
Operating in the Texas Panhandle since 1886, the Santa Fe Railroad about 1900 laid plans to extend its line into the rich agricultural domain of the South Plains. Meantime, Plainview leaders saw the need for better transportation and in 1903 raise…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PSC_plainview-daily-herald_Plainview-TX.html
Originally known as the "Hale County Hesperian," this newspaper was established in the late 1880s by D.B. Hill and John Davidson. In 1891 John Minor Shafer, an early Plainview area settler, became the owner and publisher. The newspaper remained a …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PSB_first-baptist-church-of-plainview_Plainview-TX.html
Organized on November 23, 1890, Plainview Baptist Church began with eleven charter members. The new congregation called the Rev. I.B. Kimbrough as pastor, and they soon erected their first church building at the intersection of Austin and Fourth s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PSA_texas-land-development-company_Plainview-TX.html
Unique agricultural pioneer. Founded in 1912 by J.W. Grant and M.D. Henderson, who obtained Eastern and European capital to develop 65,000 acres of Hale, Floyd and Swisher county lands. This area became one of the most productive in America, becau…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PS9_schick-opera-house_Plainview-TX.html
Businessman Levi Schick (1855-1936) launched the Schick Opera House in this building on Oct. 11, 1909. A traveling opera company opened the facility with a performance of "Little Dollie Dimples". Later attractions included vaudeville acts, musical…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PRG_dr-james-henry-wayland_Plainview-TX.html
James H. Wayland, born in Missouri, decided to be a physician after he almost lost a foot at 16 in an accident. He studied at Kentucky School of Medicine, then came to Texas. After practicing in Fort Worth and Azle, he moved to the new town of Pla…