When a.p. "ace" borger came from oklahoma to the texas panhandle's high plains in 1926, he saw what others had seen: a barren landscape, populated sparsely, with cattle and wildlife. however, through the experienced eyes of a town builder, ace envisioned a booming, growing, all-american city. they laughed when he bought 240 acres thinking the attraction of black gold would bring enough people to make a profit. borger was a true boomtown with all the appendages--fugitives, drug dealers, gaming houses, dance halls, prostitutes, and dishonest officers--though one could say boomtown hysteria ended with the assassination of ace. virtuous people, each with a vision, came to borger to start churches, hospitals, and schools, raise families, profit from honest businesses, and restrain criminals. as citizens worked together, borger became a 1970 all-america city. now in its 86th year, borger is a quiet, conservative texas city towering above its epitaph of "the wildest town in america."