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OLDHAM
COUNTY COURTHOUSE
County Seat - Vega, Texas
Oldham County has had two courthouses:
1915
in Vega
1884 in
Tascosa
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The Present
Oldham County Courthouse - Vega, Texas
Date - 1915
Architect - O. G. Roquemore
Style - Classical Revival
The courthouse can't be missed at Main and US Hwy 385.
"The original
hipped roof was removed in 1967. An addition was built onto the north side of
the building and the jail is attached to the south side." - Terry
Jeanson
Vega
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| "This
picture of the Oldham County courthouse with its original roof is hanging in the
county auditor's office of the current courthouse." - Terry
Jeanson, March, 2008 photo |
West
side of the Oldham County courthouse today
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, March, 2008 |
Oldham
County seal behind the judge's bench
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, March, 2008 |
Old
postcard of the 1915 Oldham County Courthouse in Vega
Courtesy texasoldphotos.com |
Oldham
County Courthouse as it appeared in 1939
Photo courtesy TXDoT |
The
Former Oldham County Courthouse - TascosaThe
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. |
| | The
1884 (former) Oldham County Courthouse in Tascosa
Photo circa 1900 courtesy THC |
Oldham
County Courthouse ForumSubject:
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,
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