The sign is still shining on 6th. She gives us the 'rose-colored glasses' attitude that reminds us of everything good! If you haven't driven by after dusk/dark, you should!
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May 2023
05/31/2023
05/30/2023
Everyday
Every day someone misses someone lost in the fight for our freedom. Every soldier has a family. We just honored these heroes on Memorial Day. The Hale County Historical Commission was gifted this photo.
05/29/2023
Main Street
An old photo of Plainview, Texas, labeled Main Street. Where downtown do you think this is? What year?
05/26/2023
How sweet it is!
How sweet it is! This rain. We have had 9+ inches in the last week. Thank you to God, who hears our prayers.
05/25/2023
Hotel Ware Sign Glowing
The Hotel Ware sign is glowing! Finally, on May 25, 2023, after three years of a complete sign makeover, she is back on the building she was meant to be on. What an incredible, albeit long, journey. She has stories to tell, and we are woven into her story as a community. From the mid-1920s to the late thirties, this neon sign hung on the Hotel Ware. What a trip she has traveled after being taken down to today, where she shines in all her glory.
There are so many people to thank who helped complete this project; you know who you are. Thank you.
We want to thank Kelli & Bob Phillips of Texas Country Reporter for including this story as an upcoming episode of their excellent storytelling program and Brian Hawkins for his expertise in filming and bringing the story to life. Look for the episode next spring on the Texas Country Reporter.
Rain, neon, and riding into the sunset of a finished project, how blessed we are!
New Signage
New signage was placed yesterday on the Hale County/Centerline Engineering & Consulting surveying office located at 111 West 6th Street.
05/24/2023
Flip the Switch
We hope you will come see the Hotel Ware sign light up and network with the best of Plainview...that's you, be there!
Now, let's flip that switch!
05/23/2023
Take a Seat
Take a seat. Let's talk...
Please, don't place items outside dumpsters, but inside appropriately marked ones...
There are specific things not allowed and large furniture and appliances are just a couple of them. It won't be picked up. #helpkeepplainviewbeautiful
City of Plainview Waste Management
Take a Seat
Take a seat. Let's talk...
Please, don't place items outside dumpsters, but inside appropriately marked ones...
There are specific things not allowed and large furniture and appliances are just a couple of them. It won't be picked up. #helpkeepplainviewbeautiful
City of Plainview Waste Management
05/21/2023
Santa Fe Depot
Historical Marker Text: 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 raised $75,000 to use in promoting a rail connection. J.N. Donohoo, Dr. Lee Dye, W.E. Dyer, L.S. Kinder, L.A. Knight, Charles McCormack, J.H. Slaton, R.P. Smyth, and Dr. J.H. Wayland led this endeavor. The city and the Santa Fe came to terms, and the first train reached here on Dec. 31, 1906. Regular service soon followed, and oldtimers rejoiced when train whistles heralded and end to isolation. Once or twice a week, land agents arrived with trainloads of prospective settlers. Local builders constructed a courthouse, new schoolhouse, new city hall, an electric plant, an opera house, residences and business buildings. Soon the Wayland Literary and Technical Institution was under construction. Railroad service made a major contribution to the economic development of Hale County, opening acreage to settlement and agricultural expansion. (1975)
