Oldham County, Texas from 1850 to 1950 as pictured in archived government photographs, vintage postcards, old school yearbooks and newspapers. This was life in Texas as our parents, grandparents and ancestors saw it.

Sometime in the 1910s Bess Glava filled her arms with puppies and showed them off in Vega Texas

Millie Glava posed for this photo in her wooly chaps and rifle around 1910 in Vega Texas

Mr and Mrs Glava in Vega 1910

Very nice photo of Mr. and Mrs. Glava in Vega Texas in 1910. Mr. Glava has his pistol tucked in his waistband.

The Oldham Hotel was a beautiful building in Vega Texas in in 1910. Note Mr. Glava has a pistol in his waistband.

In the 1920s a man posed with two little girls in Vega Texas posed in front of the Vega Independent School Bus

In 1907 two cowboys in Oldham County Texas were caught on film anxiously going through mail searching for news from loved ones outside the ranch. View full size

On election day in 1911 a photographer caught local residents waiting to enter the Tascosa Courthouse. The Tascosa Courthouse served 12 counties in the Texas Panhandle. It was the site of trials for killings that filled Boothill Cemetery until 1915 when Tascosa had a courthouse and almost no residents . . . see large photo

When pioneers ventured on to the Texas panhandle they encountered an environment almost void of trees or other building materials. For shelter, they scooped out a hole in the ground, built short walls above ground with rocks or logs and roofed it with hides, sod or thatch. Dugouts were situated . . . Read more See full Size

In 1907 two cowboys break a horse in one of the LS Ranch corrals in Oldham County Texas . . . Take a closer look

Photo of Main street in Tascosa in 1910 shows horse drawn wagon on dirt street and two residents on porch of local store. Once called the Cowboy Capital of the World, it was the largest city in Oldham County . . .  Read more See full size

Frenchy McCormick was a subject of Texas folklore and the belle of old Tascosa. Louis Bousman was a Deputy Constable and part of Pat Garrett's posse which tracked down Billy the Kid. According to legend a cowboy gave Frenchy  her nickname because  . . . Read more See full size

Cowboys in full regalia stand at bar in saloon in Tascosa as barkeep looks a little incredulous at one mustached cowboy in 1907 in this highly detailed photo . . . zoom in

In 1907 an unknown photographer captured this photo of a chuck wagon laden with gear as it tops a hill in Oldham County Texas

Cowboy moves six horses up a hill on the LS Ranch near Vega Texas in 1907 . . . View full size

In 1910 a tractor salesman demonstrated a steam powered tractor on a farm near Vega Texas . . .  see full size image

Three cowboys linger outside the Vega Cafe in 1950. Interesting gear can be seen and faces can be identified in this old photo . . .  Look closer

In the 1940s the proprietor posed with two women and a man in front of the Kozy Kottage Kamp on Route 66 in Adrian Texas. The travel lodge featured modern cabins with private baths as well as a gas station . . . See full size

Sixteen boys working hard to cleanup the grounds at Boys Ranch in the 1940s.
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