| Marker Number |
1949 |
| Atlas Number |
5189001949 |
| Marker Title |
Former Office Site of Texas Land & Development Company |
| Index Entry |
Texas Land & Development Company, Former Office Site of |
| Address |
|
| City |
Plainview |
| County |
Hale |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
250892 |
| UTM Northing |
3786224 |
| Subject Codes |
agriculture, general; land surveys, land companies, promotional towns |
| Marker Year |
1973 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
7th and Broadway |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
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. (1973) |
