Marker Inscription
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
About this site
Lake Plainview is a historical marker in Plainview, Hale County, dedicated in 1977. It is one of 39 historical markers documented in Hale County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 43 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 34.1956, -101.7035 near Plainview. The nearest cataloged historic site is Santa Fe Railroad in Plainview (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Plainview Daily Herald, First Baptist Church of Plainview, and Texas Land & Development Company, Former Office Site of.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5189004821. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
