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Marker Text: 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. (1936)
Marker No: 5199
Gray Granite 1936 Centennial Marker
Geographic: 35.530827,-102.255577
Location: North of Vega on US 385 about 24 miles, on Boys Ranch
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