Randall County
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)
34.9849° N, 101.8436° W
The Texas Historical Commission lists this marker as missing. The inscription above is from its records.
Where to Find It
SH 217, south side of the road 0.2 mi. east of FM 1541 (S. Washington St.). Marker reported missing Jun. 2019.
Nearby Markers
- 1.8 mi E St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery Canyon
- 3.5 mi W Company F, 2nd Battalion, 142nd Infantry, 36th Division, Texas National Guard Canyon
- 3.5 mi W Site of an Early Barbed Wire Fence in the Panhandle Canyon
- 3.7 mi W Lucille Nance Jones Canyon
- 4.1 mi W Buffalo Courts Canyon
- 4.1 mi W Georgia O'Keeffe in Canyon Canyon