Vega (Texas)

• I-40 between Amarillo and the New Mexico border. Vega straddles old Route 66, which I-40 replaced.
• US 385 between Hereford to the south and Dalhart to the north.

You wouldn't be here if you didn't already have a car.

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• {{buy

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| content=The oldest hardware store still in operation on Route 66. Sells gifts and toys in addition to farming and household supplies
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Boys Ranch

Tascosa is 25 miles (40km) N of Vega on US385.

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| address=Old Tascosa Courthouse, Rt. 233, Boys Ranch TX | lat= | long= | directions=Main St. at US385
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| hours=M-Sa 8AM-5PM, Su noon-5PM | price=
| content=Old Tascosa (founded 1877, abandoned 1915-1939) was once a bustling population-600 cow town; the former seat of Oldham County, it became a ghost town after railways bypassed the community. Boys Ranch was built in 1939 on donated land (originally the 120-acre Julian Bivins ranch) to give troubled boys a "second chance for success." There are 30 group homes for 250 boys and girls and chapel services Su at 11AM. A wild west cemetery remains open on a hill overlooking the ranch. The old courthouse houses museum artefacts from local Native American and prehistoric eras, cowboy and pioneer items and covers the history of Boys Ranch.
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Just to the east of Vega, and also to the west between Vega and the New Mexico border are a number of ghost towns and near-ghost towns which have Route 66 remnants.

• Adrian is a tiny community 23 miles west on I-40/US66 which bills itself as the "midpoint of Route 66". There's a café, a souvenir shop, a small motel and a museum.
• Glenrio, a ghost town divided by the Texas-New Mexico border and abandoned when a freeway bypassed the village in the 1970s. Remains include the First/Last Motel in Texas, dilapidated fuel stations, an abandoned café, water tower and a post office.
• Wildorado and Bushland, both east of Vega have a few picturesque run-down cafés and gas stations from the Route 66 era.

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