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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z23_halfway_Plainview-TX.html
Settlers came to this area seeking abundant grass, fertile soil, and water. This site, acquired by R. L. Hooper (1872-1952) and his wife Ada Mae (Hughley) (1880-1955) in the 1890s, received its name because it stood "halfway" between Olton and Pla…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z22_discovery-site-of-the-plainview-point_Plainview-TX.html
The first of this distinctive type of early man dart point was found by 15-year-old Val Keene Whitacre in 1941, in a caliche quarry on Running Water Draw. In 1944, quarry workers uncovered a fossil bone deposit, which was noted by scientists surve…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z21_bellview-community-and-school_Plainview-TX.html
Much of this rural community's early social and religious history is closely associated with its schoolhouses. Area residents built their first schoolhouse in 1903, one year after organizing a rural school district. Named for trustee John Bell, th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PUS_liberty-community-and-finney-switch_Plainview-TX.html
In 1887 Joseph B. Leach and his brothers, John and Dee, immigrated to this area from Liberty, Kentucky. Joseph filed on a 160-acre homestead and built a half-dugout and sod house and a windmill. The Leach brothers often hauled freight for Plainvie…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PUH_hale-county_Plainview-TX.html
Formed from
Young and Bexar territories
created August 21, 1876
Organized August 13, 1888
Named in Honor of John C. Hale
a lieutenant who fell at San Jacinto
Plainview, County Seat
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PUG_ranching-and-farming-in-hale-county_Hale-Center-TX.html
Pioneer ranchers began to settle Hale County in the early 1880s. Land was plentiful and cheap, but life was hard. Many settlers lived in dugouts. Supplies were freighted from Colorado City until the railroad reached Amarillo. Cattle roamed the fre…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PUF_first-baptist-church-of-hale-center_Hale-Center-TX.html
Organized religion in Hale County can be traced to 1883, when Methodist minister Horatio Graves and his family became the first permanent settlers of the area. Their home became a community gathering place, school, and Union church. A post office …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PUE_nils-akeson_Hale-Center-TX.html
In the late 1880s Swedish born Nils Akeson moved from Iowa to this sparsely populated area of north Texas. As an officer of the Hale County Townsite Company Nils helped establish the town of Hale Center. He worked for the famous XIT Ranch from 189…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PUD_site-of-epworth_Hale-Center-TX.html
First settlement in county. Established as a post office in 1884 by Horatio Graves of New York, a Methodist minister. Then only county resident, he planned to found religious colony here; named place for Epworth, England, birthplace of John Wesley…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PUC_j-frank-norfleet_Hale-Center-TX.html
Son of a rancher and Texas Ranger, J. Frank Norfleet was born in Lampasas County. With little schooling, he grew up working on ranches. He served as foreman for 20 years on the Spade Ranch.
Norfleet married Mattie Eliza Hudgins (1871-1972) in 18…