Amarillo, Texas
The Texas Panhandle
Not my home page, but my page on home.
If
you are from a small town and leave home and move across the country or better yet
to another country how do you answer the question "Whereyafrom?" If you
are from Atlanta or Detroit no problem.
But.........
"Whereyafrom?"
Pampa, Texas.
"Where?"
Pampa. It's about 55 miles east of Amarillo.
" Oh yea, That's uh..."
In the panhandle.
"The panhandle?"
You know. Up in the top part of Texas
"OK, I'm with you. Let's see now..."
Well, this is probably not the real reason, after all Amarillo is known world wide, that I now say...
The Panhandles Historical Home
Panhandle Plains Historical Museum
The Museum is really "Five Museums in One" with entire sections that are dedicated to petroleum, western heritage, paleontology, transportation and art.
The Present Hometown
Take a Tour! Amarillo's Premier Homepage
Amarillo Community Profile - Our statistics, who we are and how many of
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce - Check out Amarillo's strong business pulse!
Higher Education
West Texas A&M
University 10 miles to Canyon - Enrollment 6,348
Texas Tech University Down Lubbock Way - 1,839
acre campus!
Amarillo College A top notch city college!
Two Counties
The city of Amarillo covers portions of two counties
Potter to the north and Randall to the south
News and Weather
Amarillo
Daily-Globe News -
Areas online newspaper
KVII TV ProNews7 Weather and Tower Cam site
The Real Hometown
A good place to stop and read up on the History of Pampa, Gray Count
Born
and Raised in the City
of Pampa, Texas - Home Page
Twelve miles to Lefors, Texas My real, real hometown. Where you can see anywhere from 32 to 64 oil wells per square mile, cattle grazing in the same square mile!
Any outlaw worth his salt would want to pay his respects to the late Gray County Sheriff, Rufe Jordan
E-Mail me here! abar4me2@yahoo.com
Last Updated 12/12/02