The Hale County Historical Commission meets quarterly @ the Jimmy Dean Museum annex of the Museum of the Llano Estacado. Are you interested in the history of our county?
Historical commissions were established by the Texas Legislature to assist county commissioners courts and the Texas Historical Commission (THC) to preserve the cultural and historic resources of our state and to initiate and manage activities as prioritized by their county and the THC. Responsibilities include:
•Annually report to the county commissioners court and the THC
• Meet at least four times each year
• Survey county historic resources
• Assess and maintain historical markers, buildings, and sites
• Create awareness and appreciation of historic preservation
• Partner with other preservation entities
• Promote cultural and historic sites to develop and sustain heritage tourism
• Participate in THC programs and consult with THC preservation specialists
• Survey county historic resources
• Assess and maintain historical markers, buildings, and sites
• Create awareness and appreciation of historic preservation
• Partner with other preservation entities
• Promote cultural and historic sites to develop and sustain heritage tourism
• Participate in THC programs and consult with THC preservation specialists
The Hale County Historical Commission is currently working on display cases that will allow for rotating historical displays. Rodney Watson, HCHC president, visits with WBU history professor, Thomas Ray, about the World War One Symposium to be held in Plainview on November 5 through 12, and the displays that will fill the display cases.

Rodney Watson, Thomas Ray, and Rebecca Crowe discuss the pleasure in the cases and their availability to showcase historical collections.
