Historical Marker
Oldham County
Historical marker location:
US 385 at Spur 233, Vega, Texas
( US 385 at Spur 233 (the turn off to Cal Farley's Boys Ranch))
Marker installed: 1936
Formed from Young and Bexar territories; created August 21, 1876; organized January 12, 1881. Named in honor of Williamson Simpson Oldham 1813-1868; Arkansas lawyer and jurist; member of the Confederate Senate from Texas. County seat, Tascosa, 1881; Vega, since 1915.