Oldham County's first physician. A civic leader, weather researcher and humanitarian. Born in Kansas, he attended medical school in Missouri, and in 1907 moved to Vega with his wife, Lulu Mills Loyd.
Despite opposition from ranchers, he . . . — — Map (db m91756) HM
A collection dedicated to the Mother Road, the museum houses items from Vega Zero Lockers. Established in 1944 at the "crossroads of the nation" on Route 66.
Recognized by Hampton Hotels Save-A-Landmark program as a site worth . . . — — Map (db m183506) HM
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 south side of the Canadian River. In 1849, Gregg's route was closely followed by a military escort led . . . — — Map (db m91758) HM
The Mother Road of Route 66 ran north from I-40 on First Street then west on Main across Vega. A number of abandoned concrete bridges are the only readily visible signs of the old route across the Texas panhandle. — — Map (db m185111) HM
Built in 1915 when the county seat was moved from Old Tascosa. Route 66 originally ran in front of the courthouse, turning west at its northwest corner.
Recognized by Hampton Hotels Save-A-Landmark program as a site worth . . . — — Map (db m183505) HM
Comanches camped at playa lakes here traveling trail N to Tascosa & E/W to Tecovas Springs & Tucumcari
Arrow Sculptor: Charles A. Smith — — Map (db m155109) HM
Legislator, judge, newspaperman. Came to Texas from Arkansas. Member 1861 Texas Secession Convention. Chosen delegate to provisional Confederate Congress, Montgomery, Ala. Sent Arkansas to work for secession by Jefferson Davis 1861. Texas . . . — — Map (db m91755) HM
Contains one of the famous Boot Hill cemeteries of wild west days and was the gathering place for pleasure-seeking cowboys, gamblers and "bad men" of the Panhandle in the 1870s and '80s. Outlaws such as Billy the Kid and lawmen like Pat Garrett and . . . — — Map (db m91757) HM
