Timothy Dwight Hobart

Who was Timothy Dwight Hobart?

Timothy Dwight Hobart was a Vermont-born businessman, landowner, surveyor, and civic leader in the Texas Panhandle. He lived primarily in Pampa, the seat of Gray County, which he had helped to establish in 1902. He was elected mayor of Pampa in 1927. In his later years, he was the manager of the large JA Ranch, based in the first third of the 20th century in four counties southeast of Amarillo: Donley, Armstrong, Swisher, and Briscoe.