Tascosa School House - Boys Ranch, TX
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.
N 35° 31.991 W 102° 15.304
13S E 748875 N 3935639
Used now only in summer for small meetings by Cal Farley's Boys Ranch.
Waymark Code: WMTF19
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/14/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member lumbricus
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County of tower: Oldham County
Location of tower: Lake Rd., Boys Ranch

Part of the Boys Ranch and used occasionally by them. Kept up by the Bivins Museum which occupies the old courthouse.

This school, built in 1889, and the courthouse are the only remaining buildings from the town of Tascosa, when it was the county seat. Only other thing remaining is the original Boot Hill, which took it's name from the Dodge City, KS, Boot Hill

Original or Re-creation?: Original

Year the school first opened.: 01/01/1889

Year the school closed.: 01/01/1915

Is the schoolhouse still open as a school?: no

Address:
TX-233, Boys Ranch, TX USA 79010

Web Address (if available): Not listed

Does the school offer 19th century classroom reenactments or day camps?: Not Listed
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