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Pampa
was named by the manager of the White Deer Land Company. According to sources
- he had visited Argentina and the grassly landscape of the Panhandle reminded
him of the Argentine Pampas.
History in a Pecan Shell
1887:
city started by being designated a stop on the Southern Kansas Railway known as
Glasgow
1892: post office granted
1902: townsite was platted and Gray
County was organized
1910: population reaches 400
1912: Pampa incorporates
1926: oil discovered
1928: Pampa becomes county seat over Lefors
1931: population over 10,000
1932: Fort Worth and Denver Railroad lays tracks
through Pampa
1934: Famous Dust Storm of "Black Sunday"
1942: Pampa Army
Air Field opens east of town
1945: Pampa Army Air Field closes east of town
See Gray County Courthouse>
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Pamper
Field, Texas
Postcard courtesy rootsweb.com/%7Etxpstcrd/ |
Pampa,
Texas Landmarks & Attractions:Photo
courtesy Terry
Jeanson, September 2007 |
| "The
Pampa City Hall was completed in 1930 and designed by Gray County courthouse architect
William R. Kaufman." - Terry
Jeanson, September 2007 photo |
"The
Spanish Renaissance Revival style U.S. Post Office in Pampa was built between
1933 and 1934." - Terry
Jeanson, September 2007 photo
More Texas
Post Offices |
Gray
County Courthouse Freedom
Museum USA -
600 North Hobart Street. 806-669-6066. Donations.
White Deer Land Museum
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116 S. Cuyler Street
Recreaction - Area Lakes
Greenbelt
Reservoir
McClellan
Reservoir
Meredith
Reservoir
Book Your Hotel Here & Save
Pampa
Hotels
More
Hotels |
| | The
former Schneider Hotel is now in use as a retirement hotel, and is listed on the
National Register of Historic Places.
Photo courtesy Sharon Thomas, July
2006.
See Rooms
with a Past | |
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| Order
from Amazon.com | | | Woody
Guthrie wrote "So Long, It's Been Good To Know You" in Pampa during
a dust storm | |
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