Hale
Colonel C. C. Slaughter
Plainview, TX
First native-born cattle king of Texas.
Edwin Lowden Lowe
Plainview, TX
One of co-founders, City of Plainview.
Finney Field
Plainview, TX
In the late 1930s, area aviation enthusiasts organized Plainview Flying Club, acquiring a two-seat Aeronca Chief with a 65-horsepower...
Hackberry Groves
Plainview, TX
At this site in early days stood the South Plains' most significant trees-- twin hackberry groves, on 1870s trail used by buffalo...
Halfway
Plainview, TX
Settlers came to this area seeking abundant grass, fertile soil, and water.
Petersburg
Petersburg, TX
First established, Sept. 9, 1891, as a rural post office about 5 miles northeast, at the home of Capt. Zack Peters, whose wife, Margaret,...
Running Water Community
Plainview, TX
Attracted by abundant water from Running Water Draw, J. W. and T. W. Morrison established a ranch in 1881 with headquarters about ten...
Site of Epworth
Hale Center, TX
(1883 - 1892) (1 1/4 miles southwest) First settlement in county.
The Old Mac Kenzie Trail
Plainview, TX
General Ranald Slidell MacKenzie The Old MacKenzie Trail by "Larry" Chittendon Stretching onward toward the sunset, o'er prairie, hill...
The Santa Fe Railroad in Plainview
Plainview, TX
Operating in the Texas Panhandle since 1886, the Santa Fe Railroad about 1900 laid plans to extend its line into the rich agricultural...
Three Miles Northeast to Site of Seth Ward College
Plainview, TX
Original buildings erected in 1906-07.