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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q61_senator-w-s-oldham_Vega-TX.html
Legislator, judge, newspaperman. Came to Texas from Arkansas. Member 1861 Texas Secession Convention. Chosen delegate to provisional Confederate Congress, Montgomery, Ala. Sent Arkansas to work for secession by Jefferson Davis 1861. Texas Confeder…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q60_doctor-oscar-h-loyd_Vega-TX.html
Oldham County's first physician. A civic leader, weather researcher and humanitarian. Born in Kansas, he attended medical school in Missouri, and in 1907 moved to Vega with his wife, Lulu Mills Loyd.
Despite opposition from ranchers, he introduc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q5Z_site-of-old-tascosa_Vega-TX.html
Contains one of the famous Boot Hill cemeteries of wild west days and was the gathering place for pleasure-seeking cowboys, gamblers and "bad men" of the Panhandle in the 1870s and '80s. Outlaws such as Billy the Kid and lawmen like Pat Garrett an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q5Y_fort-smith-santa-fe-trail_Vega-TX.html
What came to be known as the Fort Smith - Santa Fe Trail was first blazed in 1840 by Josiah Gregg, a trader seeking a route to Santa Fe along the south side of the Canadian River. In 1849, Gregg's route was closely followed by a military escort le…