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

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

Pampa: Sunrise at the feedlot

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.

Pampa: PAMPA CITY HALL in the historic downtown area.

Pampa: CENTRAL PARK: Red Deer Creek, which begins as a shallow wash in west Pampa, flows through Central Park and eventually carves a deep, widening break in the escarpment of the Llano Estacado on its 35-mile journey northeast to the Canadian River.

Pampa: GRAY COUNTY COURT HOUSE in the historic downtown area.