Hilton Hotel (now vacant) .. Photo by Barclay Gibson, July 2009
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Plainview Courthouse; photo by Barclay Gibson, July, 2009
Plainview, TX Ag.
Skies over Plainview, Texas 5-21-13
Photo Album from walk in Plainview, Texas
The Plainview Commercial Club, led by President J. O. Wyckoff, saw the potential of irrigation during a 1910 visit to wells in New Mexico. Local banker and farmer J. H. Slaton agreed to bear cost of a test well sunk on his land if it succeeded. G. E. Green and J. N. McNaughton completed the well in Jan. 1911. At 130 feet, using a nine-inch centrifugal pump, it yielded 1,700 gallons of water a minute. The success of the Slaton Well led to extensive irrigation. It transformed this semiarid area of West Texas into one of the most productive food crop regions in the world. 1976
First native-born cattle king of Texas. Eldest of several rancher brothers. At age 12 "made a hand" on East Texas ranch of father, Rev. Geo. W. Slaughter. By 17 made his own trades in lumber, wheat, cattle. In 1856 moved his cattle to Palo Pinto County, on his first West Texas ranch. During the Civil War, he supplied beef to Confederacy and served in frontier regiment, to prevent Indian attacks. After the war he led cattlemen in aiding economy of bankrupt Texas by securing cattle markets. A fat steer bought for $6-8 in Texas by middleman was sold for $30-40 at shipping point. In 1867 he sold 300 head at record $35 and led the way to rancher marketing. Kept his love for trailing, even after he became millionaire. He also pioneered improvement of Texas Longhorns by use of champion Shorthorn and Hereford bulls. In Eastern speeches, he advocated beef on daily diet. To curb rustlers and establish efficient roundups, he helped organize first cattle raisers association. His 89,000-acre "Running Water" spread in Hale and Lamb counties was part of 1,000,000 acres ranched. He was a banker, active churchman, philanthropist. His descendants have erected a memorial center bearing his name on the campus of Wayland College here. 1965
High quality photograph of Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF) EMD GP38-2 # ATSF 2380 at Plainview, Texas, USA.
Navasota seems like the kind of place you visit on the way to somewhere else. You can’t miss its potential. Glorious old homes sit behind ancient oaks along Washington Avenue. A good portion of the historic downtown remains intact. Antique shops and gift shops exist here, but not in the numbers you would see in
This funny longhorn is located in front of the Plainview Dairy Queen. Many similar fiberglass longhorns, bulls, and cows are positioned all over town painted with many different images in front of different businesses. It is a part of a neat art project called the "Stampede."
Plainview, Texas is a small town in the Texas Panhandle located in between Amarillo and Lubbock.
At the 14 best Mexican restaurants in Texas, you can get scrumptious enchiladas, tacos, tamales, refried beans, rice, salsa, and queso.
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 demonstration well near the Santa Fe Railway Depot and created Lake Plainview and a park at this site. Called Texas' largest body of water fed by a well, the lake was very popular with the public, but expensive to maintain. After fire destroyed the pump house in 1917, park and lake went back to nature. In 1977 the area again became a park. 1977
1955 Jimmy Dean and the Texas Wildcats
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Texas Bluebonnets
Texas Bluebonnets
