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Tascosa


Home Texas Oldham

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 Oldham County, 1881-1915.


Erected by the State of Texas, 1936.

US-385, on Boy's Ranch,