Details for Randall County
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5381004187
Data
| Marker Number | 4187 |
| Atlas Number | 5381004187 |
| Marker Title | Randall County |
| Index Entry | Randall County |
| Address | US 60/87 |
| City | Canyon |
| County | Randall |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 233519 |
| UTM Northing | 3876488 |
| Subject Codes | counties |
| Marker Year | 1966 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | US 60/87 (Canyon Drive) southbound, west side of the road between Hunsley Road and Hereford Highway, near golf course. |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | Created 1876; named for Confederate general Horace Randall. Settled 1877 by rancher Leigh Dyer, brother-in-law of Charles Goodnight, man who brought first cattle to Panhandle. Organized in 1889. County seat: Canyon. Home of West Texas State University, Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, Palo Duro State Park, Buffalo Lake. (1966) |