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
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
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
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
