The History In Plain Sight series focuses on the history of Abilene and the citizens that helped build it into the city it is today. Jay Moore as host of the series works closely with a number of local agencies to support the series and collaborates with a number of local artists and technicians that help produce the series.
The series is created by the team at Class of ’78 Productions, which consists of Jay Moore and David Gibson.
Hello Jay, My name is Jason M. Donnelly. I live in Hawley and am currently a student at Hardin Simmons. I am gathering as much extensive history, pictures, and memorabilia as possible about Hawley. I have more testimonial accounts and a brief history of Hawley from the book about the History of Jones County. I am saying this because I lack old pictures of Hawley from the time of it’s birth upto the 40′s. I was hoping you might have some access or information to someone who might have such materials.
Sincerely,
Jason M. Donnelly
Jason,
We have nothing about Hawley in our archives. We don’t keep many of the photos around after we finish an story. Those photos belong to the individuals and libraries that give us permission to use them so we’d suggest you touch base with them. You can see the various individuals and organizations that help us in our efforts at the end of each of the stories.
The Bankhead HighWay Goes in front of Abilene General Tire That has been in Business Since 1960 And still going strong It has been several businesses.
The Bankhead Highway goes in front of Abilene General Tire has been in Business since 1960 And I have noticed that They took it out of the video
is there plans 4any new ones
Lee,
We have been asked to produce two more History In Plain Sight stories. We have been tied up with two other videos that organizations in Abilene asked us to produce for their internal purposes. As soon as the weather permits, we intend on starting the production phase of the next story, which is currently slated to be about Camp Barkely. We’ll try to post a few updates about that story once we start the production/filming phase.
Thanks for the question and your interest in History In Plain Sight.
Love the shows! Very well produced and highly informative. So glad to know this resource exists. Is there are a discount for buying the entire set?
We don’t offer any discounts on the price of the videos. Thank you for your interest in History In Plain Sight.
Hello, David & Jay -
I know that two of your “History in Plain Sight” segments were on Abilene city street names. In your research, did you happen to run across the origin of “Collins” street name? I’m just curious if it was named in honor of the Collins brothers, who were killed in 1884.
Thanks,
-John
John,
We have no specific information about why Collins Street is named as it is. We’ll keep out eyes open, however, and post back to this site if we find something about the naming of that street.
Thanks for your question and for supporting History In Plain Sight.
Greetings! Just wanted to say how much I enjoy these shows. They’re quite interesting and very well done! I’d like to buy the latest one on Camp Barkeley but it’s not listed in the DVD section. Is it for sale yet? And is there any place in Abilene that sells it?
Thanks, and keep up the great work!
Charlie
Is it OK for me to reference an old tuna commercial and say, “Sorry, Charlie!” Entirely my fault here. I haven’t taken the time to add this latest video to the website for purchases. I will do that this weekend.
Thank you for your interest in History In Plain Sight. Jay and I really enjoy bring these to the community.
Dave
I would love to see more diversity in the history of early Abilene in your productions.
thanks
Regina