Randall County

Historical marker location:

US 60/87 N of Canyon, Canyon, Texas

( from Canyon, follow US 60/87 north 1.5 miles; marker is on access road, west side of the highway)

Marker installed: 1965

Created 1876; named for Confederate General Horace Randall. Settled 1877 by rancher Leigh Dyer, brother-in-law of Charles 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).

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