Embedded Files
Ancestry Information
Find-a-grave.com entry for Roscoe Cemetery. (Grave listings, dates, some photographs)
Cemeteries of Texas entry for Roscoe Cemetery. (Grave listing with birth and death dates)
Cemeteries of Texas entry for Champion Cemetery. (Grave listing with birth and death dates)
Notable Roscoe Crimes
The Murder of the Mayor in 1937 – Edwin Duncan’s account of the downtown shooting of Roscoe mayor A. J. Parker and subsequent trial of the town’s nightwatchman, Bill Dawson.
"Killing was more fun than baseball." Master Detective (Dec. 1966) magazine article on the murder of Roscoe nightwatchman Lewis Snyder on August 4, 1966.
"Shootout at Wastella" Edwin Duncan's account of the 2003 shootout between Roscoe police officer Felix Pantoja and wanted fugitive Phillip Kellogg.
Historical Information
Historical Information
TxGenWeb entry for Nolan County. (1880-1930 census indexes for Roscoe, Sweetwater, etc.)
Official Catalog for the Nolan County Fair of 1915, held at the Roscoe Fairgrounds. (Contains ads for several old Roscoe businesses, prizes for contests, rules for horse races, and more.)
Rainfall Records for Roscoe. Monthly rainfall from 1936-2020 with annual amounts, averages, and records.
Lone Star Football Network - Roscoe Plowboys (Schedules, previous season records, etc.)
The Roscoe Hard Times (Blog providing Roscoe news from Sept. 2010 to Nov. 2021) serves as an archive for all significant events occurring in and around Roscoe in those years with a searchable index for all weekly issues, including obituaries, school events, sports and city news, elections, city council, city events, Lumberyard shows, and more.) To go to specific dates, search the issue dates at the bottom of the entry. For names, use search blank in upper left.
The Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps for Roscoe show the layout of the town in 1921 and 1927. The one created in April 1921 has 3 maps; and the other from June 1927 has 5. These showed and labeled every building in Roscoe on the areas covered. The originals are located at the Perry-Castañeda Library of the University of Texas at Austin.
1921
Map 1 covered the four block area between 3rd and 5th streets (N > S) and Cypress and Pecan (W > E) , along with the block with the Roscoe School bordered by 7th and Elm, as well as the corner of Front and S. Laurel. Map 2 covered the downtown area, from the T&P railroad tracks to 3rd Street (N > S) and from Bois d'Arc to Pecan (W > E). Map 3 covered 3rd to 6th Street (N > S) and Bois d'Arc to Pecan (W > E).
1927
Map 1 shows the town layout and some of the prominent buildings. Map 2 covers the downtown area. Map 3 covers the eastern downtown area from Main St. to Laurel (W > E) and Broadway to 3rd St. (N > S). Map 4 is residential covering Elm, Ash, and Bois d'Arc Streets (W > E) from 3rd to 6th Streets (N > S). Map 5, also residential, covers Cypress, Main, and Pecan Streets (W > E) from 3rd to 6th Streets (N > S).
Roscoe Wind Farm
For many years, the Roscoe Wind Farm had the world's largest concentration of wind turbines and is still recognized as one of the world's largest sources of clean energy.
NPR: Winds of Change Blow into Roscoe, Texas (2007)
Government Technology: Roscoe, Texas: Home of World's Largest Wind Farm (2010)
Plane Ride to see the Roscoe Wind Turbines (2011)
Roscoe Wind Farm in International News (2011)
“Yes, in my Back Yard” (9:09) PBS video celebrating Earth Day, about two wind farm communities, one in Denmark, the other in Roscoe. (2012)
Windfall for Nolan County Schools (3:13) New York Times and Texas Tribune (2012)
Roscoe Wind Farm Featured in Le Monde, France’s premier newspaper (2015)
Roscoe’s Wind Energy Success Attributed to Rick Perry (2015)
“Wind is Big in Texas” – MSNBC (2018)
"Wind Energy Revolution in Deep Red Texas" (2:02) NBC Nightly News, February 25, 2018.
Brief Online Descriptions of Roscoe
TexasEscapes.com entry for Roscoe, Texas. Very brief history (some wrong) and some photographs.
The Handbook of Texas Online entry for Roscoe, Texas. (Brief history)
Wikipedia entry for Roscoe, Texas. (Description, demographics, general information)
Public School Review entry for Roscoe High School. (Description, general information)
Roscoe as seen from a drone , taken during the West Texas Wind Festival, October 2015..
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