abilenet August 28th, 2010
H.O. Wooten was an early pioneer and business leader in Abilene, Texas. History In Plain Sight host Jay Moore and videographer and editor David Gibson have create a video about the story of his life as he lived through some of the best and worst times this country has ever seen and continued to build and grow the city of Abilene.
Join us at the Paramount Theater, Thursday, September 9th at 7PM for the premier showing of this video.
Meanwhile, here is a trailer of the video.
Wooten: an Abilene Life – Intro from David Gibson on Vimeo.
- 1870s , 1880s , 1890s , 1900s , Abilene , Buffalo , Families , Post-1950 , Pre-1950 , Taylor County , Texas
abilenet April 30th, 2010
The Taylor County Historical Commission will meet on Thursday, May 6, 2010 at Frontier Texas!, 625 North First Street at 6:00 PM.
We will meet in the back classroom for a short meeting, then Frontier Texas! Director Jeff Salmon has arranged for complimentary passes for the commission to tour the museum winding up at the Pancho Villa photo exhibit. Refreshments will be served, but not a full meal.
Agenda for May 6 meeting:
* THC meeting in Houston – Bill Minter
* Markers/web page update – Karen Turner
* Research on Judges and Commissioners – Cherry Gleason
* Wooten marker/video plans – Jay Moore
This will be the final meeting before the summer break, and we would like to have you join us for the special meeting.
If you have any questions about this month’s meeting, contact Anita Hill at toplane@taylortel.net.
abilenet February 17th, 2010
2008 was a good year and we had lots of interesting projects working namely two that we carried over to 2009:
First Exploratory Oil Well In Taylor County – David Morris & Jay Moore
Research early Abilene History of Will Stith and sister Mrs. Frances Curtis.
Our Report was submitted to the State and we received a letter stating we had 2009 Certified Local Government award.
We do not meet as a group in January, except at the Archives. 2009 was a bit different in that one of our Commission Members, Jay Moore, was Guest Columnist for the Abilene Reporter News, on January 25th, 2009. The headline read:
“HISTORIC TROLLEY TRACKS TORN UP” and the story began
“Over the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday weekend, a small part of Abilene history was bulldozed up loaded on a dump truck and hauled away”. Out of this grew Jay Moore’s “HISTORY IN PLAIN SIGHT SERIES”. Three DVDs “Bankhead Highway”, “Streets of Abilene”. Continue Reading »
abilenet February 17th, 2010
The History in Plain Sight series, hosted by Jay Moore, will air on Abilene’s KTXS TV at the following dates and times.
Sat 3/6 2-3p
Sat 3/21 1230-1p
Sat 3/21 130-2p
Sat 3/27 1230p-1p
Sat 3/27 130p-2p
Sun 3/28 1-2p
During these showings, you can watch one of the three stories already created for the series: “The Bankhead Highway”, “Who Is That Street?” and “Fair Park”. Tune in to learn the history behind the first trans-continental, all-paved highway across the U.S. and its impact on Abilene, who some of the Abilene Streets are named for and the history of the oldest existing park in Abilene.
If you would like to purchase a DVD of any of the stories, you may do so on the “History in Plain Sight DVDs” tab at the top of this page.
abilenet September 4th, 2009
History In Plain Sight – a film series by Jay Moore created in cooperation with the Abilene Preservation League – presents “Who Is That Street?” – a program detailing the lives of people for whom some of Abilene’s streets are named. In this third part, Jay Moore continues the story on the misspelled Leggett street, Ambler and Vogel, the streets named for the first Presidents of the three universities and finally a look at the streets in the University Hills subdivision and their association to some of the track and field stars from Abilene Christian University’s storied past.
A copy of this DVD can be purchased by clicking on the link above: “History in Plain Sight DVDs” or by sending email to historyinplainsight@gmail.com.
This is part 3 of 3
abilenet September 4th, 2009
History In Plain Sight – a film series by Jay Moore created in cooperation with the Abilene Preservation League – presents “Who Is That Street?” – a program detailing the lives of people for whom some of Abilene’s streets are named. In this second part, Jay Moore covers Sayles, Clinton, Judge Ely, Winters and a number of streets whose names are misspelled, including Leggett.
A copy of this DVD can be purchased by clicking on the link above: “History in Plain Sight DVDs” or by sending email to historyinplainsight@gmail.com.
This is part 2 of 3
abilenet September 4th, 2009
History In Plain Sight – a film series by Jay Moore created in cooperation with the Abilene Preservation League – presents “Who Is That Street?” – a program detailing the lives of people for whom some of Abilene’s streets are named. The first part of this story covers the reasons behind the naming of Abilene’s original streets. The story then turns its attention to showing how some of those street names were changed to honor the men and women that had a significant impact on the development and growth of Abilene. In this first part, Jay Moore covers Treadaway, Merchant, Parramore and Willis streets.
A copy of this DVD can be purchased by clicking on the link above: “History in Plain Sight DVDs” or by sending email to historyinplainsight@gmail.com.
This is part 1 of 3
abilenet July 12th, 2009
The Bankhead Highway was a United States cross-country automobile highway connecting Washington, D.C. and San Diego. It was part of the National Auto Trail system. The road was named for Alabama politician John Hollis Bankhead, a leader in the early national road building movement. This road has the distinction of being the first all-paved road to stretch across the United States.
In his series of historical documentaries called, “History in Plain Sight,” Jay Moore tells about the creation of the Bankhead Highway, what it meant to the people of West Texas, particularly Abilene and Baird, Texas, and what happened to the highway that once stretched across the southern part of the United States. Parts of this road can still be found and driven on in and around Abilene and other parts of Texas.
The entire story on the Bankhead Highway will begin airing on the local access channel, Channel 7, for the Abilene, Texas viewing area on July 14th at 7PM CST.
For a DVD Copy of this presentation, contact Jay Moore at jay.moore@abileneisd.org or by writing to him at the following location: 601 Amarillo Abilene, TX 79601-5811 (325) 676-3775.
abilenet July 8th, 2009
Well, as far as I can tell, the upgrade seems to be completed, was successful and we are back up and running. Please let me know if you see any issues with the site. I’ll try to respond as quickly as I can.
If you tried to gain access while the site was being upgraded, I apologize and thank you for your patience.
By the way, I’m going to turn comments back on and see how things go. Maybe I’ll find some extra-ordinary patience with these spammers. But, I still hope they stub their big toe on the coffee table today.
abilenet July 8th, 2009
I’m in the middle of a software upgrade. Hopefully, I’ll have everything back soon. So, hang in there …….
