Embedded Files
The Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps for Roscoe, Texas show the location of the downtown businesses and elsewhere in 1921 and 1927. The one created in April 1921 comprises three sheets, or maps; and the other created in June 1927 has 5 maps. 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).
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"Shootout at Wastella" Edwin Duncan's account of the 2003 shootout between Roscoe police officer Felix Pantoja and wanted fugitive Phillip Kellogg.
TxGenWeb entry for Nolan County. (1880-1930 census indexes for Roscoe, Sweetwater, etc.)
Old Roscoe Telephone Books: 1934 | 1947 | 1969 | 2007
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.)
"Killing was more fun than baseball." Master Detective (Dec. 1966) magazine article on the murder of Roscoe nightwatchman Lewis Snyder on August 4, 1966.
Rainfall Records for Roscoe. Monthly rainfall from 1936-2020 with annual amounts, averages, and records.
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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)
Find-a- grave.com entry for Roscoe Cemetery. (Grave listings, dates, some photographs)
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Lone Star Football Network - Roscoe Plowboys (Schedules, previous season records, etc.)
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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)
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The Roscoe Hard Times (Blog providing Roscoe news with weekly postings from Sept. 2010 to Nov. 2021 - It serves as an archive for all significant events occuring 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.
NPR: Winds of Change Blow into Roscoe, Texas
Government Technology: Roscoe, Texas: Home of World's Largest Wind Farm
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