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Randall County

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US 60/87 N of Canyon, Canyon, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 34° 59' 45.14084000016", -101° 55' 11.80272"
 
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     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. (1965)

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Randall County Historical Marker Location Map, Texas

 
   
Related Themes: Texas C.S.A., Texas Confederate States of America, Confederacy, Texas C.S.A., Texas Confederate States of America, Confederacy
 
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