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White Deer Land Museum

116 S. Cuyler

Pampa, TX 79065




	MUSEUM MOMENTOES #1 (9-7-88) 'White Deer' name came from Indians (Real Audio) #2 (10-6-88) Museum displays century-old graffiti (Real Audio) #3 (11-1-88) Railroads sold their Gray County land to land companies (Real Audio) #4 (11-22-88) White Deer Lands organized in 1886 (Real Audio) #5 (1-3-89) Cattle brands tell story of early ranches (Real Audio) #6 (2-7-89) Landmark house still standing, ghosts and all (Real Audio) #7 (3-7-89) Railroad construction leads to settlement here (Real Audio) #8 (4-4-89) Fire Guard Dam landmark to early settlers (Real Audio) #9 (5-1-89) Texas Panhandle sparsely populated prior to railroad (Real Audio) #10 (6-5-89) Originally Pampa was a railroad station called Glasgow (Real Audio) #11 (7-3-89) When Pampa was the Sutton RR Station (Real Audio) #12 (8-7-89) They made the name 'Pampa' official in 1892 #13 (9-4-89) Pampa's first post office (Real Audio) #14 (10-2-89) Bell family among early settlers (Real Audio) #15 (11-6-89) J.C. Short - early mail carrier from Mobeetie to Lefors (Real Audio) #16 (12-4-89) Pampa 1892-1902 (Real Audio) #17 (1-8-90) Pampa laid out and streets named in 1902 (Real Audio) #18 (2-5-90) Crystal Palace founded by Jimmy Martinas in 1927 (Real Audio) #19 (3-5-90) Gray County before organization (Real Audio) #20 (4-2-90) First election in Gray County was May 27, 1902 (Real Audio) #21 (5-7-90) Gray County's first courthouse (Real Audio) #22 (6-4-90) Lefors can claim to be first settlement in Gray County (Real Audio) (6-5-90) Lefors was smallest county seat in Texas

	#23 (7-2-90) Alanreed was known as "Gouge Eye" (Real Audio) (7-3-90) Alanreed - gateway to 'Jericho Gap' #24 (8-6-90) Before the town of McLean, there was the RO ranch (Real Audio) #25 (9-3-90) McLean was once the largest town in Gray County (Real Audio) #26 (9-10-90) Memories abound on McLean's Route 66 (Real Audio) #27 (10-15-90) Descendants of Cheyenne and white settlers hold reunion (Real Audio) #28 (11-5-90) Desks at museum are reminders of Hopkins community (Real Audio) #29 (12-3-90) Only one diploma awarded from Grandview-Hopkins high school (Real Audio) #30 (12-10-90) Oil dollars replaced the milk money (Real Audio) #31 (1-8-91) Museum's history wall illustrates area's colorful past (Real Audio) #32 (2-8-91) Boydstun and Fraser families in southern Gray, near Donley (Real Audio) #33 (3-13-91) Kingsmill is boom town no more (Real Audio) #34 (4-3-91) Polish immigrants first to settle in Laketon community (Real Audio) #35 (4-5-91) Phones come to Laketon in 1906; post office opens 1907 (Real Audio) #36 (5-2-91) James and Beadie Baird first couple married in Pampa Army Air Field chapel (after it was finished) (Real Audio) #37 (6-3-91) Hoover, once thriving village, boasted post office, school; elevator remains (Real Audio) #38 (7-2-91) First mercantile building once housed sheriff's office, bank, undertaker, churches, dances (Real Audio) #39 (8-5-91) Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Kingsmill visit Pampa #40 (9-5-91) George Tyng's letter of farewell expresses feelings about Panhandle friends #41 (9-6-91) George Tyng loses his life in avalanche #42 (10-2-91) Vermont native T.D. Hobart-serves as second manager of White Deer Lands #43 (11-6-91) Englishman Montagu Kingsmill Brown seeks his fortune in Texas #44 (12-18-91) Rider family settles in Pampa, opens stable and builds home #45 (1-1-92) Pioneer Cottage one of few remaining original Pampa buildings #46 (2-3-92) Dr. Vittorio von Brunow, first physician to serve Pampa, was South Carolina native #47 (3-4-92) Dr. Vittorio E. von Brunow owned Pampa's first car, seized desperado #48 (4-1-92) Nurse Smithers marries Dr. Brunow (4-9-92) Lemuel von Brunow honored with tribute #49 (5-5-92) Pampa's first school established in 1903 #50 (6-5-92) Dreams of T.D. Hobart become reality_.

	#51 (7-1-92) Fair-view Cemetery opened in 1904 (See Focus, Spring 1996, p. 8) #52 (8-5-92) Pampa's commercial district develops in early 1900s #53 ( 9-7-92) Buckler(cousins) (C.P. stayed; Maurice left)in Panhandle soil #54 (10-14-92) Barrett brothers leave Tennessee for Lone Star State #55 (11-11-92) Railroad changes life of Panhandle settlers #56 (12-1-92) Santa Fe depot signals open and close of an era #57 (1-5-93) School bells ring for Pampa children in 1905 #58 (3-8-93) Cattle may have walked up Cuyler Street on their way to market #59 (4-7-93) Early settler Rolla Sailor, Sr. created extensive arrowhead collection #60 (6-9-93) Surveyor A.H. Doucette maps and sections the land #61 (6-29-93) White Deer Lands advertised with booklets and exhibit building #62 (8-5-93) Holland Hotel was a landmark in early Pampa #63 (9-7-93) Gray County wheat left Pampa in 1906 #64 (10-7-93) First National Bank organized in 1906 #65 (11-14-93) The Pampa News begins as 'one man paper' #66 (2-6-94) Methodists first denominational church to organize in Pampa #67 (3-7-94) Origins of the White Deer Land office #68 (4-4-94) Duncan, early businessman, first mayor of Pampa (See #84 on 8-21-95) #69 (5-15-94) Scandinavian settler Nels Walberg early Pampa resident #70 (6-12-94) Dormer Simms opened first restaurant in Pampa #71 (7-3-94) Fourth of July celebrations began around 1907 in Pampa #72 (8-23-94) A little red Velie was the first car in Pampa #73 (9-8-94) A map of Pampa between the years of 1907-1908 #74 (10-18-94) Wynne family moved to Pampa in 1907 #75 (11-1-94) Gray County State Bank chartered in 1907 #76 (12-14-94) Pampa's First Baptist Church organized in 1907 #77 (1-3-95) Bowers put roots in Gray County #78 (2-6-95) Pampa was threatened by prairie fires

	#79 (3-2-95) Pampa's Lovett Library grew from Ladies Library Club in 1900

	#80 (4-10-95) Land sold to City of Pampa later became Recreation Park (J.R. Henry Henry bought land in 1908) #81 (5-8-95) Sir Gordon and Lady Cunard visit Pampa in 1908 #82 (6-5-95) Vicars brothers move "out West" #83 (8-8-95) Dodd Grain and Produce supplied farmers and ranchers #84 (8-21-95) J. N. Duncan built first house located on Duncan Street (See #68 on 4-4-94) #85 (9-19-95) D.C. Davis family closely linked to Gray County history #86 (12-19-95) Lovett family: Early pioneers in Gray County (a and b) #87 (2-29-96) First Christian Church was organized in 1909 #113 (3-22-99) James Todd) #88 (3-12-96) 1910 promotional book describes "A Few Facts about Pampa" #89 (9-23-96) 'Buster Brown' was a former Pampa resident (Jack Fox in 1903-1905) #90 (1-27-97) Last capital hanging in the Panhandle (Clarendon - June 3, 1910) #91 (2-13-97) Bones Hooks was well-respected black cowboy in Texas Panhandle #92 (3-19-97) The "red brick" school building is no more (See #49 and #57) #93 (5-1-97) Purviance family has long history of contributions to Pampa #94 (6-4-97) Pampa's first resident doctor was V.E. von Brunow (See #46,47 48a and b) #95 (7-31-97) Local Museum houses boards from early headquarters (H.B. Price family) #96 (9-5-97) Early Pampan had ties to Clan McCuiston (Mary Jane Purvis) #97 (10-8-97) First lawyer came to town in 1911 (Charles C. Cook) #98 (11-13-97) Cook-Adams Addition site of historic homes #99 (12-21-97) Nostalgic nativity scenes set in park (photos) original nativity scenes (12-22-97) Present day nativity scenes at Recreation Park originated half century ago #100 (1-4-98) Carruth has rich history of giving #101 (2-18-98) The Tragedy of the Blue Bird and Miller Mines by Lee I. Niedringhaus (George Tyng) #102 (4-1-98) South Side Addition, first addition to Pampa #103 (4-23-98) Third family to settle Pampa (Charles and Sophia McCarty in 1898) #104 (5-7-98) Frank Dittmeyer came to Pampa in 1911 #105 (7-8-98) Champion bricklayer Indian Jim paved downtown Pampa (Jim Brown in 1927) #106 (7-12-98) Pampa haberdashery owned by A.A. Tiemann (1911) #107 (7-31-98) W.R. Beydler introduced motion pictures, electric lights to Pampa (1912) #108 (9-6-98) Pampa was incorporated in 1912 #109 (10-18-98) Fletchers establish Liberty Hotel in Pampa (ca 1912) #110 (11-19-98) Pampa woman was pioneer school teacher throughout Texas Panhandle (Annie Daniels) #111 (12-27-98) Early business district in Pampa (1904) #112 (2-15-99) Early Pampams celebrated Washington's birthday in 1919 (First Christian Church) #113 (3-22-99) Former Pampa minister was well known in the Panhandle (the Rev. James Todd) See #87 #114 (5-2-99) John Mack Patton was active in affairs of early Pampa #115 (6-10-99) Alex Schneider.- Sr. organized first brass band in the Texas Panhandle #116 (7-28-99) Pampa High School Class of 1912 #117 (8-15-99) Couple meet at air base in Pampa, marry after whirlwind courtship (Ed and Betty Lutz)

	#118 Memories of Ola Gregory Covey

	#119 Hon. F.P. Greever Is Assasinated

	#120 George Tyng's father was a sea captain