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Boys Ranch is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in northeastern Oldham County, Texas, United States, on the site of the original county seat, Tascosa. It lies along U.S. Route 385 , northeast of the city of Vega , the county seat of Oldham County. [ 2 ]
West Texas Boys Ranch (WTBR [1]) is a Christian private residential community for boys located in Tankersley, [2] unincorporated Tom Green County, Texas, near San Angelo. [3] The 963-acre (390 ha) facility is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, and it is open to any qualified boy, regardless of his or his family's ability to pay the tuition.
Boys Ranch High School is a public high school located in the Texas Panhandle, 37 [2] miles northwest of Amarillo, Texas and classified as a 2A school by the UIL. The school is a part of the Boys Ranch Independent School District located at Cal Farley's Boys Ranch. As of 2013, the school is rated "Not Rated" by the Texas Education Agency. [3] [4]
Boys' Ranch is a 1946 American film about a fictional ex-professional baseball player, "Dan Walker", who starts a ranch in Texas for neglected and delinquent boys. [2] Promoted by MGM as a successor to its award-winning Boys Town hit of 1938, the film is loosely based on ex-wrestler Cal Farley's Boys Ranch near Amarillo, Texas .
The Boys Ranch School District serves Cal Farley's Boys Ranch, a facility for at-risk boys and girls primarily from the local area but also for youth worldwide. [clarification needed] Boys Ranch is a non-profit entity. Unlike other Texas school districts, Boys Ranch has no taxable base. Instead, Boys Ranch relies on donor contributions.
In 1939, Cal Farley's Boys Ranch opened after Julian Bivins, son of Lee Bivins, donated the town site, the renovated old courthouse, and the surrounding 120 acres. [ 2 ] : 153, 160 The courthouse, now a museum, and the 1889 schoolhouse are the only buildings from the old town to survive into the 21st century.
Boys' Ranch is a six-issue American comic book series created by the veteran writer-artist team of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby for Harvey Comics in 1950. A Western in the then-prevalent "kid gang" vein popularized by such film series as "Our Gang" and "The Dead End Kids", the series starred three adolescents—Dandy, Wabash, and Angel—who operate a ranch that was bequeathed to them, under the ...
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