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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 |
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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 -
116 S. Cuyler Street
Recreaction - Area Lakes
Greenbelt Reservoir
McClellan Reservoir
Meredith Reservoir
Book Your Hotel Here & Save
Pampa
Hotels
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Hotels
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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.
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Woody
Guthrie wrote "So Long, It's Been Good To Know You" in Pampa
during a dust storm |
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