White Deer Land Museum ~ Pampa, TX - History Museums on Waymarking.com

Long Description:

This building was built in 1916.
County of Museum: Gray County.
Dedication Plaque for Expansion:

IN SPECIAL RECOGNITION
of
ARTHUR AND RUTH ANN
HOLLAND
Who made possible the Holland Wing of the White Deer Land Museum through their generious gift. This building was dedicated October 15, 1995. The museum is also tgrateful to these contributors:
David D. and Nona S. Payne Foundation, Inc.
Inez B. and H.E. McCarley Foundation Trust
M.K. Brown Foundation, Inc.
Gray-Pampa Foundation, Inc.

WHITE DEER LAND COMPANY BUILDING
Listed in the National Register of Historic Places
by the United States Department of the Interior.

On this building is a Texas historical Commission Marker.
Text of that Marker:
WHITE DEER LAND BUILDING
Erected in 1916 Houses property records of the White Deer Land Company (1886-1957), one of the strongest commercial influences in settlement of the Texas Panhandle.

Organized from wreckage of the bankrupt Francklyn Land and Cattle Company - whose chief stockholder was Lord Rosebery, Prime Minister of England - the White Deer Company developed during widespread British speculation in Texas cattle and ranching, 1870s-80s.

At its beginning, the London-financed and Wall-Street-Based Trust owned land equal in area to the state of Rhode Island. These 631,000 acres lay in Gray, Roberts, Carson, and Hutchinson Counties.

The Company (Managed by George Tyng, T.D. Hobart, C.P. Buckler, and M.K. Brown) surveyed the land, laid out farms and ranches, sank wells, built hundreds of miles of wire fence, and aided civic projects. During the disastrous drouth of 1910, it made available to local farmers $100,000 in loans to buy wheat seed.

Upon discovery of oil on White Deep land in 1921, the firm made vast gains by retaining half of the mineral rights on remaining land sold. It was liquidated in 1957. This building has also housed a Masonic Lodge, Post Office, medical and dental offices, and has accommodated religious services.

Theme: We are a general history museum, concentrating on the history of the White Deer Land Company. All artifacts in these exhibits have been donated since the opening of this museum 40 years ago. The collection ranges in age from the 1880s until ca 1945. It includes textiles, home furnishings, early settlement tools, and a wonderful arrowhead collection from R.J. Sailor, Sr. Our new building is now open! Seven showcases dealing with the Red River War of 1874-75. Street Address: 112-116 S. Cuyler St., P.O. Box 1556, Pampa, TX 79065 806.669.8041 Hours of Operation: If door is locked please ring doorbell located at your right. The White Deer Land Museum is open for visitors Tuesday through Saturday in the summer; Tuesday through Sunday in the winter. Our hours are from 1:00 until 4:00 P.M. Museum Size: Large Relevant Web Site: [Web Link] Food Court: Not Listed Gift Shop: Not Listed Cost: Not Listed

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