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Oldham County
Courthouse
County Seat - Vega, Texas
Date - 1915
Architect - O. G. Roquemore
Style - Classical Revival
The courthouse can't be missed at Main and US Hwy 385.
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The
1915 Oldham County Courthouse in Vega
Photo courtesy texasoldphotos.com |
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Oldham County
Courthouse as it appeared in 1939
Photo courtesy TXDot |
The Former
Oldham County Courthouse
The
1884 Oldham County Courthouse can be found at the former county seat
of Tascosa,
now Cal Farley's Boy's Ranch, 385 North, just after crossing
the Canadian River. |
Former courthouse,
now the Julian Bivins Museum in Tascosa
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, January 2003 |
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The
1884 (former) Oldham County Courthouse in Tascosa
Photo circa 1900 courtesy THC |
Oldham County
Courthouse Forum
Subject:
Old Tascosa Courthouse
Tascosa: The Day Miss Thompson washed my brother's mouth out with
soap.
Dear TE, I can not begin to tell you how much I have enjoyed your
magazine. I visit it regularly. You have a story that I wrote concerning
my hometown of Floydada. I was looking at some of the old courthouses
and came across the Old Tascosa Courthouse. That picture brings
back a lot of memories that I would like to share. In 1949 my younger
brother and I came to live at Cal Farleys Boy's Ranch. Now, in 1949
the Old Tascosa Courthouse was the heart and soul of Boy's Ranch.
We had 3 old Army barracks that had been moved in for the older
boys to live in. The younger boys lived in the old courthouse (I
was nine and my younger brother Freddie was 7.) Our schoolhouse
was also an old Army building that had been moved to the ranch.
Anyway I will get back to telling you about some of the memories
that have stayed with me all these years.
In 1949 there was a screened room that had been built over that
big porch that you can see in the picture of the old courthouse.
The first few nights that my brother and I spent at the courthouse
we had to sleep out in that screened room, because they had to move
a couple of the older boys into McCormick Hall, one of the army
barracks that the older boys lived in. They did this to make room
for my brother and I. I lived on the bottom floor and my brother
lived on the top floor. The caretaker that also lived in the courthouse
was a very sweet old lady by the name of Miss Thompson. I assume
she was an old maid, because we never heard tell of a Mr. Thompson.
She ran a very tight ship and we made sure we were at our best when
we were around her. She had us scrub all those baseboards and all
the woodwork on a regular schedule. I will tell you a funny story
about what she did to my little brother Freddie one time. The dinner
bell was ringing and my brother came running down the stairs yelling
something about the food (something not so nice) and Miss Thompson
was standing at the bottom of the stairs and heard every word he
said, she throwed an armlock around his neck and marched him straight
to the sink which was located right under the stairs, she then grabbed
a bar of soap and commenced to thoroughly wash his mouth out. I
mean to tell you Freddie was spitting and foaming at the mouth like
you wouldn't believe. You know, I never heard him say anything bad
about the food again. Maybe we should try that on some of these
kids today. That might help, but I doubt it. Again I want to tell
you again how much I appreciate your magazine. It is such a pleasure
to just sit down and read about something that is so entertaining.
Also I would like to encourage everyone who reads this to take just
a minute tell us some of your own memories, You just might enjoy
it, I know I sure do. Thank You so much. - Eddie Childs, December
30, 2006
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