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.
Pioneer 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 TownsWhen Tascosa was the wide open, riotous cowboy capital of the 1880
Boys Ranch, TX Cemeteries"Bumper crop" of 10 Cadillacs buried nose down in field at same angle as Cheops' pyramids. Represents Golden Age of Automobil...
Built in 1908, this State Historical Landmark is home to an endless variety of quality family entertainment, including live c...
Built by one of Eastland's founding fathers, C.U. Connellee in 1920, it was originally called the Connellee Theatre and featu...
2,853 acres of post-oak woodlands and grassy meadows surround 673-acre Lake Mineral Wells; extensive day-use picnic facilitie...
Housed in the Old Carter House, built in 1909 and moved to five-acre tract just west of the hospital. Features county photos,...