Details for Randall County
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5507022691
Data
| Marker Number | 22691 |
| Atlas Number | 5507022691 |
| Marker Title | Randall County |
| Index Entry | Randall County |
| Address | US 87 |
| City | Canyon |
| County | Randall |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 233377 |
| UTM Northing | 3872678 |
| Subject Codes | |
| Marker Year | 1965 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | US 87 (23rd St) southbound, west side of the road between 13th Ave and Pondaseta Rd, in roadside park north of Tierra Blanca Creek |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 14" x 24" |
| Marker Text | Created 1876; named for Confederate general Horace Randal. Settled 1877 by rancher Leigh Dyer, brother-in-law of Chas. 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. (1965) |