FAIR VIEW CEMETERY
A special project of
the Las Pampas Chapter was cataloging the graves in
Fair View Cemetery in Pampa, and publishing a book
containing the records. As records had burned in 1935,
committee members walked the cemetery and recorded
information where there were tombstones. In cross
referencing their information with the cemetery files,
they have compiled as accurate a record as is possible,
with a small number of graves having no markers. Betty Edgington White was chairman of the
1999 project with
Willie Mae Willson Mangold, Nancy Alexander Coffee, and
Carolyn King Gerik assisting.
The Fair View Cemetery
began with the first burial in 1904 when G. B. Dobbs
died, with the funeral conducted by his employer, M.K. Brown
of the local White Deer Land Co. The Texas Historical
Cemetery marker was awarded in ceremonies celebrating
the centennial year of the Fair View Cemetery in 2005.
PIONEER COTTAGE
A second project
was assisting with furnishing the Pioneer Cottage, built
in 1903, and recognized as the oldest remaining building
in Pampa. The cottage is a Recorded Texas Historical
Landmark. It was moved to the historical area of
downtown Pampa as the Gray County Centennial project. Wearing period dresses, DAR members were hostesses
at the open house dedicating the renovation and
furnishing of the cottage. Some members helped with the
furnishing.
Members assisted with
some of the plantings at the Xeriscape garden by the
cottage. They also conducted a special tree planting of
the live oak tree grown from a seed harvested from an
oak tree located at the death site of Stephen F. Austin.
The small tree was brought to Pampa by Sam Houston IV,
the great-grandson of General Sam Houston. A special
celebration was planned by teacher and DAR member Anne
Watson for the San Jacinto Day planting, April 21, 2004.
Each student brought a small amount of dirt from his/her
yard and placed it in the hole as the tree was planted. |