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

Rawleigh Porteus Smyth

(August 4, 1855 - February 2, 1941)

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, November 17, 2015

1. Rawleigh Porteus Smyth Marker

Inscription. An Austin native and graduate of the Texas Military Institute, R.P. Smyth became a Brigadier General after Spanish American War duty. As a surveyor, he ran boundaries (1887) of the Two Buckle and other South Plains ranches and platted towns of Plainview, Happy, Tulia, Kress. Married Florence Tucker (d. 1894); was a Masonic leader. As a state legislator, 1897, helped make laws to aid Plains settlers. As an irrigation advocate, helped to create area's agricultural empire.

Erected 1975 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 4206.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, Spanish-American. A significant historical year for this entry is 1897.

Location. 34° 10.627′ N, 101° 42.82′ W. Marker is in Plainview, Texas, in Hale County. It can be reached from Floral. Marker is in block 75 at Plainview Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 100 South Joliet Street, 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: Edwin Lowden Lowe (within shouting distance of this marker); Emma Grigsby Meharg (within shouting distance of this marker); W. J. "Jeff" Williams (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct

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line); Plainview Cemetery and Memorial Park (about 700 feet away); Discovery Site of the Plainview Point (approx. ¼ mile away); Quanah Parker Trail (approx. 0.3 miles away); Seth Ward College (approx. 0.7 miles away); Colonel C. C. Slaughter (approx. 0.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Plainview.

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, November 17, 2015

2. Rawleigh Porteus Smyth Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on December 6, 2015, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. This page has been viewed 569 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 6, 2015, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona.