Details for Route of the Old Tascosa-Dodge City Trail
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5341004373
Data
| Marker Number | 4373 |
| Atlas Number | 5341004373 |
| Marker Title | Route of the Old Tascosa-Dodge City Trail |
| Index Entry | Tascosa-Dodge City Trail, Route of the Old |
| Address | US 87 |
| City | Dumas |
| County | Moore |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 232517 |
| UTM Northing | 3961474 |
| Subject Codes | roads; cattle, cattle industry topics |
| Marker Year | 1966 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | US 87, W side, southbound lanes about 7 mi. S of Dumas and 0.5 mi. S of CR U. |
| Private Property | |
| Marker Condition | |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | Founded 1877, for travel from Tascosa, on the Canadian (25 mi. SW) to Dodge City, Kansas. Tascosa was supply center for hunters and settlers, Panhandle and South Plains; and for LE, LIT, LS and LX ranches, running large herds of cattle on area's free grass. Tascosa stagecoach, freighters, cattle herds going to market used this road -- also traveled by gamblers, desperadoes, U.S. marshals and noted frontiersmen. Tascosa had post office, 1878; was county seat, Oldham County, 1880. Town and trail declined after Fort Worth & Denver City Railway built into area, 1887. (1966) |