riginally named Carson City, the town of Panhandle was a community of 30,000 during the late 1920s oil boom. When bigger black gold strikes hit Borger and Pampa, about 20 miles to the north and northeast, respectively, that’s where the jobs and the people chasing them went. Today, the population of Panhandle, not to be confused with the region for which it was named, is around 2,300, and the Pantex nuclear
Panhandle
Oct 17, 2023
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