When Tascosa was the wide open, riotous cowboy capital of the 1880s, gunfights were traditional means for settling disputes, and its cemetery was an essential part of the town. Boys Ranch students maintain the cemetery today.
When Tascosa was the wide open, riotous cowboy capital of the 1880s, gunfights were traditional means for settling disputes, and its cemetery was an essential part of the town. Boys Ranch students maintain the cemetery today.
When Tascosa was the wide open, riotous cowboy capital of the 1880
Boys Ranch, TX CemeteriesPioneer settlers in the early 1870s built adobe huts and irrigation ditches along area creeks. After 1875, village became a supply and shipping point for several huge Texas ranches, including the famed XIT and LIT. Bustling town was known as the Cowboy Capital of the Plains;
Boys Ranch, TX Ghost TownsLarge collection of barbed wire artifacts, including different cuts with fence building tools related to the wire. Other exhi...
Collection of antique farm equipment and machinery and is a tribute to the agricultural community. Exhibits include a Caterpi...
Four unusual cone-shaped hills that rise some 350 feet above the surrounding plains; named by the Comanche Indians, held in a...
Several city parks along Concho River offer golf, tennis, fishing, swimming and picnicking....
Completely renovated in 2000, this museum with a living collection. Botanical Garden features outdoor and indoor educational ...