Jesse James, celebrated 1860s-82 Missouri outlaw, used to visit in Archer City in house built by Stone Land and Cattle Company for its manager, Allen H. Parmer (1848-1927), his Confederate comrade of the Civil War and husband of his sister Susan . . . — — Map (db m187140) HM
This congregation began as a mission in 1880, the same year Archer City was organized. The earliest pastors, including the Rev. D.D. Duncan and the Rev. I.N. Crutchfield, were circuit riders who also served neighboring counties. Members of Archer . . . — — Map (db m269323) HM
A part of the Peters Grant, 1841
Created January 22, 1858
Organized July 27, 1880
Named in honor of
Dr. Branch Tanner Archer
1790-1856
Texas Commissioner to the
United States, 1835, Member of
Congress, Secretary of War
of . . . — — Map (db m187144) HM
The civilized world first heard of copper in this area from Texas Rangers after an 1860 campaign against Comanches on the Pease River, about 100 miles to the northwest. The Ranger Captain, Lawrence S. ("Sul") Ross, later to serve Texas as Governor, . . . — — Map (db m17912) HM
M. P. Andrews No. 1, drilled in 1911, reached oil sands at 920 feet. Well first flowed oil, March, 1912, at rate of 10 barrels a day.
Production in this shallow sand development area fell off when oil prices dropped, but rose after other . . . — — Map (db m187139) HM
By 1909 Archer County had outgrown its original jail, a 16-foot square frame building. Construction on this larger facility was completed in Sept. 1910. The sandstone structure was designed with living quarters for the sheriff and his family on the . . . — — Map (db m187143) HM
Archer County was given its name Jan. 22, 1858 by an act of the Texas Legislature in honor of Branch Tanner Archer's service in the Texas Republic. Archer was born in Virginia on Dec. 31, 1790, where he later studied medicine. He came to Texas to . . . — — Map (db m269326) HM
Strategically established during Civil War on defense line Red River to Rio Grande where Gainesville-Fort Belknap Road crossed west fork Trinity River about 10 miles south, 4 miles east of Archer City. Texas Frontier Regiment patrolled area . . . — — Map (db m187138) HM
Landowner Charles E. Graham (1872-1937) in 1908 granted the Wichita Falls and Southern Railroad a route across his property and platted a town at this site. Anarene was named for his wife Annie Lawrence Graham, daughter of pioneer cattleman J. . . . — — Map (db m187146) HM
Soon after Archer City was laid out in 1879, a building intended for a saloon was bought by residents for use as a schoolhouse. In February 1880, eight members organized First Baptist Church in the school building and worshiped there until a . . . — — Map (db m269324) HM
In the mid-1700s, Indians of this region met at a trading ground near this site with Frenchmen who brought them manufactured goods, sometimes including guns and ammunition - products denied them by the Spanish who held sovereignty, but could not . . . — — Map (db m187195) HM
This stone is erected
to the memory of
Sheriff E. Harrison Ikard
by the Commissioner's Court
American Legion
and loyal friends
in recognition of
a man who holding sacred
a public trust
answered duties call
fearless unto . . . — — Map (db m187141) HM
Area Confederate veterans officially formed the Stonewall Jackson Camp #249, United Confederate Veterans, in 1897. The group purchased 106 acres located south of Holliday, along Holliday Creek, as a permanent location for meetings and reunions. . . . — — Map (db m187233) HM
Born Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania; came to Texas about 1835, joined Texian Army, and was one of 24 survivors of the Goliad Massacre, March 27, 1836. Joined Texian-Santa Fe Expedition, and en route to New Mexico, Aug. 4, 1841, carved his name on a . . . — — Map (db m187196) HM
The result of a 1923 oil boom, development of a town at this site included some twenty-two businesses, including a food stand operated by a man with the nickname "Dad", which provided a name for the settlement. Located at this crossroads were a . . . — — Map (db m187230) HM
In 1901, after failing to locate suitable land in Oklahoma, the American Tribune New Colony Company of Indianapolis acquired over 59,000 acres in this area for an immigration project. A post office was established in March 1902, and by grand . . . — — Map (db m187227) HM
The town of Holliday was officially organized near Holliday Creek in 1890, when the city was platted. The Wichita Valley Railway was built through the area, and a post office was established. In that same year, Maggie Elizabeth Holt and H.W. . . . — — Map (db m128750) HM
On August 3, 1859 US Indian Agent Robt. S. Neighbors passed this way and camped near here with 1,051 Indians, carts, wagons, cattle, horses and four companies of US Cavalry and Infantry en route to Indian Territory Oklahoma to relocate the tribes . . . — — Map (db m157928) HM
In 1910, thirty years after the Texas Legislature created Archer County, the Gulf, Texas & Western Railroad began extending its track from Jacksboro to Seymour. That year the Trinity Townsite Company laid out a new town along the tracks on land . . . — — Map (db m187149) HM
Residents of this part of Archer County in the 1880s included Ireland native James Colgan and his wife, Nancy. Most other area families were of Bohemian descent, with names including Kulhanek, Bohac, Kunkel and Pechacek. The GT&W Railroad came in . . . — — Map (db m254055) HM
After living 1854-58 on the reservation set aside by State of Texas near Camp Cooper (30 mi. SW), the Comanche Indians with their goods were removed to Oklahoma. Near this spot on a head branch of Kickapoo Creek (so named, 1830) the . . . — — Map (db m187150) HM
In 1909, a group of Czech immigrants began to meet in parishioners' homes around Megargel to celebrate Holy Mass with Father Philibert Haase. The Czech community built the present house of worship in 1916. On May 1, 1917, the church was dedicated to . . . — — Map (db m254058) HM
The Trinity, a major Texas river rises 250 yards west of this 1250-foot mound. South of this site water drains to the Brazos, and north and west to the Red. This high point has been important in Texas history. It guided Capt. Diego Parilla to battle . . . — — Map (db m187147) HM
German native John H. Meurer (b. 1850) settled his family in this area about 1900 when he became a land agent for H. J. Scott of the Clark and Plumb Company. In selling over 60,000 acres of land, Meurer helped to establish the towns of Windthorst . . . — — Map (db m157893) HM
Born August 7, 1930, Paul J. (Buddy) Himmels was the only living son in a family of eleven children born to Paul H. and Theresa (Goedtkin) Himmels of Windthorst, Texas. Paul had one brother, Francis (d. 1940), and nine sisters, Helen Berend, Ida Mar . . . — — Map (db m269252) WM
USMC 6th Div
Born November 18, 1925
Rhineland, Texas
Killed In Action
Okinawa, Japan
May 14, 1945
Leo loved. He loved his family: all 9 siblings; his parents, Anton and Grace Blake. He loved homemade bread, real milk and reading . . . — — Map (db m269251) WM
Gary was born on May 24, 1985 in Wichita Falls, Texas, to Angela and J.B. "Nubbin" Johnston. He has 2 sisters, Holly and Sabrina, and one nephew, Ethan Scott. He started school in Archer City where he played little league baseball, basketball and . . . — — Map (db m269253) WM
Obtaining 75,000 acres of Archer County land for a farm colony in 1891, German-American Catholics planted cross here and laid off Windthorst around a 20-acre site for church, school, and rectory. Ernest Hoff built town's first structure, a home. . . . — — Map (db m269250) HM
