Pampa, TX: BOWERS CITY PLANT of Phillips Petroleum occupied this site ten miles south of Pampa off FM Road 749 through the late 60s. The plant, scores of employee homes, an elementary school, a fire station, and a general store stood where only cows graze now.

Pampa: HISTORIC "SHOTGUN" HOUSE, typical of post-WW2 residences built for employees of oil companies, was originally located in an employee "camp" alongside a refinery or plant. It is now located across the street from Central Park. The nearby town of Borger has many more of these.

Pampa: PAMPA TRAIN DEPOT. Pampa began as a site owned by the White Deer Land Company and designated as a station on the Southern Kansas Railway in the summer of 1887.

Pampa: HOBART STREET UNDERPASS is a Pampa landmark.

Pampa: NAIDA STREET, looking south, on the west side of town.

Pampa: CLOSED RESTAURANT on West Foster Avenue in the historic downtown area.

Pampa: Sunrise at the feedlot

Pampa: PAMPA LUMBER: this photo was conceived about 1962 by a 10-year-old, when it was still a lumber yard, and shot in 2007 after a 45-year absence. Apparently it's a diner now.

Pampa: THIS WAY TO WAL-MART: In 2007, most of Pampa's retail business is growing north along the Hobart Street/Highway 70 corridor.

Pampa: RADCLIFF'S ROCK AND RELICS is a colorful presence on Hobart Street.