Neighboring Cities - AmericInn^® of Pampa, TX

Welcome to the Surrounding Areas of Pampa, Texas

Borger

Established following discovery of rich Panhandle Oil Field in 1926.  In months, a boomtown of tents and shacks sprang up, and the population numbered more than 40,000.  Orderly growth soon replaced the ribald oil boom days and now Borger is a center for oil, chemicals and cattle.  Tanks and towers of oil and petrochemical plants dominate the skyline.  Home of Frank Phillips College.  Annual events include Adobe Walls Trek in June and Juried Quilt Show in July.

Visit Hutchinson County Historical Museum with exhibits depicting Hutchinson County area from time of Spanish explorer Francisco Vasquez do Coronado to boomtown days.  Enjoy one of 16 parks offering extensive picnic facilities, tennis courts, sports fields, playground equipment, swimming pools, and two 18-hole golf courses.  Or take a scenic drive on a 25-mile loop located west and north to Stinnett crossing rough, canyon-cut landscapes of the Canadian river. 

Frank Phillips College
1301 W. Roosevelt Street, Borger, TX 79008
806-273-2831

Conoco Phillips Refinery
300 W. 6th Street, Borger, TX 79007
806-273-2831

Canadian

Canadian became countyseat when Hemphill County was organized in 1887.  It's located on the Canadian River and Atchison, Topeka and Sante Fe RR in the northwestern part of the county.  Early settlers held one of the first rodeos in Texas.  Today a chief commercial center of county, that derives much of its economy from ranching and some oil activity.

Northwest of Canadian is the Black Kettle National Grasslands, administered by National Forest Service.  Visitors find campsites, cottages and picnic grounds and small Lake Marvin.  Fishing for bass, channel catfish and sunfish is abundant. Nature trails are popular during fall foliage season and visitors often see deer, wild turkey and waterfowl.  The Canadian River Wagon Bridge, a 1916 steel bridge built over the waters of the Canadian River now is the focal point for a scenic hike and bike trail.  The bridge provides a platform for viewing wildlife.  The area boasts an abundance of hills and valleys, cottonwoods and hackberries, a stark contrast to the surrounding treeless plains.  A nearby recreation complex includes rodeo arena, fishing and duck ponds, a group pavilion, driving range and RV Park.

Eagle Rock Energy
9899 CR, Canadian, TX 79014
806-323-5381

Warren Petroleum Company
14907 CR, Canadian, TX 79014
806-323-9125

Clarendon

Established by the Methodist Minister, L.H. Carhart, in 1878 as a "sobriety settlement," in contrast to typical boomtowns of that era.  It earned the sobriquet "Saints Roost" by local cowboys.  Seat of Donley County.  Many museums have fossilized specimens from the Clarendonian Age found near here, dating back 11 million years to the Early Pliocene Age.  Locals call Clarendon home of "trailblazers, cattle barons, cowboys, preachers, teachers, sodbusters, merchants, craftsmen, artists, old bones, and old fossils....and maybe a few saints!"  Today farming and ranching still remain the primary economy of the county, with birding and wildlife viewing, as well as hunting, now popular in the area.  Don't miss the Sandell Drive-In, an old-fashioned drive-in movie theater that shows first-run movies year-round.  Lake Greenbelt, a 2025 acre resevoir on Salt Fork of Red River, offers rare water-recreation pleasures to a large area of the Texas Panhandle.  Also boating, water skiing are fun attractions.

Clarendon College
1122 College Drive, Clarendon, TX 79226
806-874-3571

Bivens Oil Company
203 Jefferson Street, Clarendon, TX 79226

Wheeler

The post office established when the area became "thickly settled" by five families living in ndugouts within a two-mile radius.  The town became the seat of Wheeler County in 1906.  Today Wheeler serves as a regional, educational, medical, commercial and agricultural center for the county. Extensive cattle feedlot operations are in Wheeler.  Be sure to visit the Mobeetie Jail Museum while you're in the area.  The museum is housed in a restored jail; early-day sheriff's quarters authentically furnished.  Displays of historical items from Wheeler County and antiques are displayed.

Reliant Energy Field Service
301 South Sweetwater Street, Wheeler, TX 79096

Kaiser-Frances Oil Company
Wheeler, TX 79096
806-826-0022

Perryton

Perryton was founded in 1919, seat of Ochiltree County, northernmost county seat in Texas.  Locally known as "Wheatheart of the Nation," the city is a shipping point for one of the nation's top wheat-producing areas.  Museum of the Plains exhibits the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles; railroad depot, old store, pioneer home from Ochiltree, covered wagon and barbed wire. 

Perryton Feeders, Inc. (Western Beef)
13210 Highway 70, Perryton, TX 79070
806-435-5466