Housed in the former Oldham County Courthouse, name honors Panhandle rancher whose donation of land formed the nucleus of Boys Ranch. Artifacts from Indian and prehistoric Panhandle cultures, cowboy and pioneer items, photos and documents about Boys Ranch history.
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 CemeteriesFantastic opportunities for viewing and photographing various species of birds and other wildlife await visitors. In Oct., mi...
During the winter the hot water discharge is a favorite place to fish especially for white bass and hybrid striped bass. Dur...
According to apparently authentic records and witnesses, a Texas horned toad (a type of lizard) was sealed in cornerstone of ...
Located 30 miles north of Amarillo on Highway 136, contrasting spectacularly with its surroundings on the dry windswept Llano...
Honors the man known as the King of Western Swing, who was reared on a farm just north of the town. Memorabilia of the Texas ...