On South Center Street (State Highway 79), on the right when traveling north.
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
On State Highway 79, 0.3 miles north of Sam Cowan Road, on the right when traveling south.
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
On State Highway 25, 4.5 miles west of State Highway 79, on the right when traveling west.
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
On South Center Street (State Highway 79), on the right when traveling north.
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
On East Pecan Street at North Sycamore Street, on the right when traveling west on East Pecan Street.
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
On South Center Street (State Highway 79), on the right when traveling north.
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
On State Highway 79 at Falls County Road, on the right when traveling south on State Highway 79.
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
On Farm to Market Road 210, 0.7 miles east of Dugan Road, on the right when traveling west.
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
On South Center Street (State Highway 79), on the right when traveling north.
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
On Farm to Market Road 368 at Stonewall Road, on the right when traveling north on Road 368.
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
On U.S. 82 Frontage Road at Business U.S. 277, on the right when traveling east on U.S. 82.
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
On Farm to Market Road 368 at Dad's Corner Road, on the right when traveling north on Road 368.
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
On Farm to Market Road 368 at Geraldine Road, on the right when traveling north on Road 368.
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
On South Main Street (Farm to Market Road 368) 0.1 miles south of Olive Street (Business U.S. 277), on the right when traveling south.
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 State Highway 16 at Prideaux Road, on the right when traveling south on State Highway 16.
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
On State Highway 114 at 5th Street, on the right when traveling west on State Highway 114.
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
On State Highway 114 at 5th Street, on the right when traveling west on State Highway 114.
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
On State Highway 79, 0.1 miles east of Hilton Road, on the right when traveling south.
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
On U.S. 281 at 2nd Street, on the right when traveling south on U.S. 281.
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
