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454 Boot Hill Cemetery Cal Farley's Boys Ranch. Cemetery is 0.3 mi. SE of the entrance on Spur 233 off US 385 Along with law-abiding and God-fearing men and women were buried here, often without benefit of clergy, men who "died with their boots on". The name ...

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1088 County Named for Texas Confederate Senator W. S. Oldham 1813-1868 NW corner of Oldham, County Courthouse, Vega (Star and Wreath) Legislator, judge, newspaperman. Came to Texas from Arkansas. Member 1861 Texas Secession Convention. Chosen delegate to provisional ...

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2016 Fort Smith-Santa Fe Trail US 385, 3.8 mi. N of Vega, W side of the road, 0.4 mi. NE of CR F What came to be known as the Fort Smith - Santa Fe Trail was first blazed in 1840 by Josiah Gregg, a trader seeking a route to Santa Fe along the ... 15436 Ft. Smith-Santa Fe Trail Vega

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2518 Home County of Doctor Oscar H. Loyd (1868-1959) Northwest corner of Courthouse square, Vega Oldham County's first physician. A civic leader, weather researcher and humanitarian. Born in Kansas, he attended medical school in Missouri, and ...

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14482 L. S. Ranch Boy's Ranch 2989 LS Alamosa Ranch Headquarters North of Vega on private property, Alamosa Ranch. Made of native sandstone hauled from a nearby creek, this house was built in 1886 for the manager of the LS Ranch owned by W. M. D. Lee and Lucien ...

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3822 Old Tascosa Spur 233, 0.1 mi. SE of US 385, at turnoff to Cal Farley's Boys Ranch. Tourist Information Marker #20 sponsored by Texas Highway Department. Old Tascosa, cowboy capital of the plains, lay one-half mile northeast. In its brief span it became the center of the open-range world, stamping ... 3845 Oldham County Spur 233, 0.1 mi. SE of US 385, at turnoff to Cal Farley's Boys Ranch Formed from Young and Bexar territories. Created August 21, 1876. Organized January 12, 1881. Named in honor of Williamson Simpson Oldham 1813-1868; ...

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4861 Site of Old Tascosa Oldham County Courthouse grounds, NW corner (23 miles N.E.) Contains one of the famous Boot Hill cemeteries of wild west days and was the gathering place for pleasure-seeking cowboys, gamblers ...

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5199 Tascosa Julian Bivins Museum, Cal Farley's Boys Ranch. Marker is near S entrance facing Julian Bivins Rd. Cowboy capital of the Texas Panhandle, 1877-1888. "Billy the Kid" and cowboys from many ranches added to its liveliness. Made famous by wild west ... 5201 Tascosa Courthouse, 1884. Julian Bivins Museum, Cal Farley's Boys Ranch. Marker is near S entrance facing Julian Bivins Rd. Served 12 counties in Panhandle. Site of trials for killings that had filled Boothill Cemetery. Until 1915 Oldham County seat. Many years headquarters, ... 5352 The Historic LS Spur 233, 0.1 mi. SE of US 385, at turnoff to Cal Farley's Boys Ranch (Headquarters 3 miles southeast) Great early ranch well known to badman Billy the Kid and other famed western characters. The LS was founded in 1870s ...