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VEGA, TEXAS
Oldham County Seat,
Texas
Panhandle
I-40 on Old Route
66
About 30 miles W of Amarillo
Population: 936 (2000) 840 (1990)
County Population: about 2,500
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"Vega
Public School"
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Vega is Spanish
for Meadow.
Oldham is English for Jamon Viejo.
History in a Pecan Shell
The Vegans (all 223 of them at the time) fought for five years to
get the county seat moved from Tascosa.
While early settlers chose a place next to the Canadian River, Vegans
felt a railroad was more of what they needed. A special election was
held in 1915 and Vega became the new county seat. The Oldham Hotel
served as the Courthouse until a new one could be built. It is not
reported if bellhops doubled as baliffs. A downtown fire in 1931 leveled
6 downtown buildings.
Oldham County Courthouse
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