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City in Texas, United States
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Vega is a town of 930 people (2019) in the Texas Panhandle on the historic Route 66. It is home of the Oldham County Roundup, a small town rodeo held every August.
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Early farming and ranching machinery and equipment.
Restored filling station that was built in the 1920s.
Rodeo with barbecue on the second Saturday of August.
Old Tascosa (founded 1877, abandoned 1915-1939) was once a bustling population-600 cow town; the former seat of Oldham County, it became a ghost town after railways bypassed the community. Boys Ranch was built in 1939 on donated land (originally the 120-acre Julian Bivins ranch) to give troubled boys a "second chance for success." There are 30 group homes for 250 boys and girls and chapel services Su at 11AM. A wild west cemetery remains open on a hill overlooking the ranch. The old courthouse houses museum artefacts from local Native American and prehistoric eras, cowboy and pioneer items and covers the history of Boys Ranch.
An original tourist court.
An old-fashioned, full-service filling station.
The oldest hardware store still in operation on Route 66. Sells gifts and toys in addition to farming and household supplies
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