Special Chapter Projects
 

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.

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