Details for Rawleigh Porteus Smyth
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5189004206
Data
| Marker Number | 4206 |
| Atlas Number | 5189004206 |
| Marker Title | Rawleigh Porteus Smyth |
| Index Entry | Smyth, Rawleigh Porteus |
| Address | 100 S Joliet |
| City | Plainview |
| County | Hale |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 249920 |
| UTM Northing | 3885133 |
| Subject Codes | agriculture, general; Spanish American War; state official; land surveys, land companies, promotional towns; military topics |
| Marker Year | 1975 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | Plainview Cemetery |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | grave marker |
| Marker Text | (August 4, 1855 - February 2, 1941) 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. Recorded 1975 |