The largest town in Gray County was originally named Glasgow in 1888 after the Southern Kansas Railroad stopped in the area and established a telegraph station. A year later, the community was renamed Sutton and in 1892, after a post office was created, George Tyng, manager of the White Deer Land Company, changed the town's name to Pampa. After parking the truck I took a stroll around Mr. Tyng's town.
(Gray County Courthouse)
From there I strolled over to the White Deer Museum, which has an array of items ranging from uniforms from the Pampa Oiler baseball squad
to an exhibit on T. D. Hobart, who worked for the New York and Texas Land Company and M Bar Ranch in nearby Canadian.
However, it was time for lunch at The Coney Island Café. Moments later, I found a café that served much more than meals. Woody Guthrie and the Harris Drug Store.
The wind drifted me north into another Miami, which is known for... Miami, TX
From there I continued on US 60...
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