Plainview in Hale County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Texas Land & Development Company

Former Office Site of

Photographed by Mansfieldphoto.com, September 20, 2025

1. Texas Land & Development Company Marker

Inscription. Unique agricultural pioneer. Founded in 1912 by J.W. Grant and M.D. Henderson, who obtained Eastern and European capital to develop 65,000 acres of Hale, Floyd and Swisher county lands. This area became one of the most productive in America, because of the irrigated and drylands farming methods used by T.L. & D., which operated until 1956.

Winfield Holbrook was the vice president and general manager; W.J. Klinger, secretary-treasurer; D.D. Bowman and W.F. Lowe, farm superintendents. Mary L. Cox, of the staff, wrote local history.

Erected 1973 by State Historical Survey Committee. (Marker Number 1949.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Agriculture. A significant historical year for this entry is 1912.

Location. 34° 11.227′ N, 101° 42.176′ W. Marker is in Plainview, Texas, in Hale County. It is at the intersection of Broadway Street and 7th Street, on the right when traveling north on Broadway Street. Marker is on the northeast corner. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Plainview TX 79072, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Texas’ South Plains.

It is also on the American Great Plains

and specifically on the Southern Plains.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Republic of Texas,

and one of the Confederate States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Schick Opera House (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); First Baptist Church of Plainview (about 600 feet away); Plainview Daily Herald

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(about 700 feet away); Colonel C. C. Slaughter (approx. 0.2 miles away); General Ranald Slidell MacKenzie (approx. 0.2 miles away); Lamar School (approx. 0.3 miles away); Blasingame Home (approx. 0.4 miles away); The Santa Fe Railroad in Plainview (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Plainview.

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, November 17, 2015

2. Texas Land & Development Company Marker

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, November 17, 2015

3. Texas Land & Development Company Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on October 13, 2025. It was originally submitted on December 4, 2015, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. This page has been viewed 627 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on October 13, 2025, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. 2, 3. submitted on December 4, 2015, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona.