Exploring Plainview Texas

Nice!

 

Nice, new signage going up today for First United Bank (once Vista). Congratulations!

 

 

Benches

 

The City of Plainview Parks Department recently installed two benches at the pickleball courts off 12th Street.

 

 

Speaking of benches...

There are gifting possibilities for the Ash Street Streetscape for trees and benches. Contact the Downtown Main Street office at 806-296-1100 if you would like to honor or remember someone, share your organization, etc.

 

Business Conditions

 

The Hale County Historical Commission has many wonderful pieces in its repository that reflect our area, Hale County, and our Nation.

They recently acquired a desk pull-out that holds a chart showing the business conditions between 1854 and 1938. The desk that it fits into was used by William C. Mathes.

Mathes, William Carey (1869–1917).William Carey Mathes, attorney, judge, teacher, and banker, son of William M. and Mary C. (McCarver) Mathes, was born in Limestone County, Texas, on June 11, 1869. His father had served as a Texas volunteer of the Confederate States of America and as an Indian fighter in West Texas. Mathes attended schools in Coryell County and graduated from Sam Houston Normal School, where he taught English literature. He also read law as an apprentice in the offices of Stephens and White in Gatesville and of Al Jennings (later a famed train robber) in Oklahoma. Mathes was admitted to the Texas state bar at Breckenridge in 1892, relocated to Hale Center in 1895, and to Plainview in 1899, where he was an attorney and teacher. From 1900 to 1906 he was elected county judge of Hale County on the independent ticket. From 1906 to 1917 he served as director and vice president of the First National Bank of Plainview and formed the general practice law firm of Mathes and Williams with C. Sumner Williams. Mathes was a member of the Methodist Church. On December 8, 1894, at Breckenridge, he married Lela Mai Burke, a graduate in music of Sam Houston Normal School. They had eleven children, including Burke William, William Carey, Jr., and George Curtis. Mathes died on December 22, 1917, at Plainview of a heart attack, following the delivery of a speech for the Fourth Liberty Loan Drive of World War I. He is buried in Plainview Cemetery.

 

 

It shows the business conditions by President, inventions, events, war, etc. A wonderful treasure.

 

Methodist Church

 

"A new brick church was erected in 1909, at which time the old church was sold to the Presbyterian Church U.S.

The new church, built during Rev. Thos. S. Barcus's pastorate on the corner of Seventh and Baltimore Streets, was dedicated on Sept. 4, 1910. An Educational Annex was built in 1934 during Rev. G. W. Bailey's administration.

HISTORY OF HALE COUNTY, TEXAS by MARY L. COX 1937 PLAINVIEW, TEXAS

Later, the church was sold to First Baptist Church and used as a youth education and activities center. After many years, it was torn down to build the church's Family Life Center.

 

Across from Plainview High School

 

This store, on Galveston, is just east of the old Plainview High School, located on Houston Street. 

 

 

 

 

Weary??? Travelers

 

Sometimes you might need to know the backstory of a photo.

F: Sandy Mayfield, Thane Chapman, Kirk Evans. B: Delesa Vadder, Michelle Edwards.

This photo is circa 1980s ... it's what we know.

It's always a fun find at the Hale County Historical Commission!!!

 

 

Angry Red

 

Angry Red. Tell us your story about the slogan, the period of time and where you believe this sign was located from the clues in the photo.

 

 

Fast Stop

 

The Fast stop at the intersection of 5th and Yonkers (Alnon Station) has a new painting on its facade. It looks great!

 

 

Lunch & Learn

 

Covenant Health Plainview Foundation hosted a Women's Health Lunch & Learn at Abundant Grace Church. Fifty or so women heard health information specific to women's health and had the opportunity to have sugar and blood pressure tests. A great learning lunchtime.

Look for the men's only Lunch & Learn in the near future!