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)

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