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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 was borrowed from a cemetery in Dodge City, Kansas, while it was a resort of buffalo hunters and . . . — — Map (db m91783) HM
Founded in 1939 by Cal Farley, champion athlete and successful businessman. Boys Ranch was a natural result of Mr. Farley's years of working with underprivileged boys, and the outgrowth of Kids, Inc. and the Maverick Boys Club, two excellent youth . . . — — Map (db m91773) HM
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. Stomping ground for some of the West's most notorious bad men and focal point for cattle thieves and ranchmen. . . . — — Map (db m91776) HM
Formed from Young and Bexar
Territories
Created August 21, 1876
Organized January 12, 1881
Named in honor of Williamson Simpson Oldham 1813-1868
Arkansas lawyer and jurist member of the Confederate Senate from Texas
County seat, . . . — — Map (db m91774) HM
1786-1874 Comanches met Comancheros at Atascosa Creek to feast, gamble, race horses & exchange trade goods.
Arrow sculptor: Charles A. Smith — — Map (db m167224) HM
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 fiction. Its name is a corruption of Atascoso (boggy) first given to nearby creek. County seat of . . . — — Map (db m91784) HM
Served 12 counties in Panhandle. Site of trials for killings that had filled Boothill Cemetery. Until 1915 Oldham County seat. Many years headquarters, Julian Bivins Ranch. Birthplace of Cal Farley's Boys Ranch, 1939.
Recorded Texas . . . — — Map (db m91785) HM
Great early ranch well known to badman Billy the Kid and other famed western characters. The LS was founded in 1870's by former Indian territory trader W. M. D. Lee and New York financier Lucien Scott. Through Lee's efforts, the LS had water and . . . — — Map (db m91775) HM
