Museum

Julian Bivins Museum

Boys Ranch · Oldham County · THC Atlas #4200000952

Texas history, up close and curated.

About this site

Julian Bivins Museum is a museum in Boys Ranch, Oldham County. It is one of 5 museums documented in Oldham County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 19 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 35.5318, -102.2549 near Boys Ranch. The nearest cataloged historic site is Tascosa (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Tascosa Courthouse, 1884, Boot Hill Cemetery, and Old Tascosa.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #4200000952. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

The Julian Bivins Museum occupies the original 1884 Oldham County courthouse in Old Tascosa, a rowdy frontier town once known as the 'Cowboy Capital of the Plains.' After the railroad bypassed Tascosa, the town faded, and in 1938 rancher Julian Bivins donated land there for Cal Farley's Boys Ranch, which opened in 1939 and first housed boys in the old courthouse. Renovated and opened as a museum in 1963, the building displays artifacts of Native American and prehistoric Panhandle cultures, cowboy and pioneer life, and the history of Boys Ranch.

Sources: texastimetravel.com tshaonline.org oldhamcofc.org

📍 35.5318, -102.2549 · Boys Ranch, Oldham County

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Nearby in Oldham County

Tascosa Courthouse, 1884