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Entries Containing All of the Phrases «gray county» AND «texas»

This list will also include matches for inflectional* forms of the words.
 
By Cosmos Mariner, May 21, 2015
Oil Discovery in Gray County Marker (tall view showing adjacent pumpjack exhibit)
RANKED BY RELEVANCE
1 ► Texas, Gray County, Pampa — Oil Discovery in Gray County —
On South Cuyler Street south of West Foster Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
The Burnett No. 2, located on the 6666 Ranch in Carson County, and owned by Burk Burnett, was the first oil well drilled in the Panhandle Field. The ranch had been purchased by the White Deer Lands in 1903. Excitement ran rampant in Gray County, . . . — — Map (db m111525) HM

2 ► Texas, Gray County, Pampa — 3997 — Peter W. Gray — 1819-1876 — Gray County —
On West Francis Avenue at North Russell Street, on the right when traveling east on West Francis Avenue.
County Named for Texas Confederate. Virginia-born, came to Texas 1838. Aided 1839 removal Texas Shawness. Officer in Milam Guards, Texas Republic. Political, cultural leader in Houston, Republic, State, and Confederacy: he was district attorney, . . . — — Map (db m55849) HM

3 ► Texas, Gray County, Pampa — 3923 — Pampa City Hall —
On North Frost Street north of West Foster Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
Construction of this and other major downtown buildings in Pampa came as a result of the Texas Panhandle Oil Boom of the late 1920s and early 1930s. Designed by architect William R. Kaufman to complement the Gray County Courthouse, which he also . . . — — Map (db m55856) HM
 
 
  
  
 
    Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
 
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Nov. 12, 2026