In Vicinity of French Trading Area
In the mid-1700s, Indians of the 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...
- texas
- native americans
- colonial history
Archer County Copper Mines
(1/4 mile northeast and 5 miles to the south southeast) The civilized world first heard of copper in this area from Texas Rangers after an 1860 campaign against Comanches on the Pease River,...
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- archer county
- mining
- civil war
Dad's Corner
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...
- texas
- oil
- boomtowns
- ghost towns
Camp Stonewall Jackson
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...
- texas
- archer county
- civil war
- confederate veterans
The Old Buffalo Road
(About 100 yards to the west) Named for its traffic in buffalo hides and bones, this North Texas road gave subsistence to pioneers while aiding in mass “harvest” of the American bison. As long...
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- native americans
- buffalo
- bison
A Jesse James Hideout
(Located 2 blocks west and 2 blocks north) Jesse James, celebrated 1860s-82 Missouri outlaw, used to visit in Archer City in house built by Stone Land & Cattle Company for its manager, Allen...
- texas
- archer county
- archer city
- jesse james
- frank james
- outlaws
Archer County Discovery Well
(Approximately 13 mi. SE) 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...
- texas
- archer county
- archer city
- oil
- petroleum
Extinct Town of Anarene
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...
- texas
- archer county
- anarene
- ghost towns
- last picture show
The Battle of Palo Duro Canyon
September 28, 1874 One of the most significant battles of 1874-75 Indian campaign; columns of troops converging from five directions harassed Indians on the Panhandle Plains for over six months. ...
- palo duro canyon
- ranald mackenzie
- comanches
- kiowas
- native amiercans
The S.P. Hamblen Family
Pioneered at this site, in dugout to the west. S.P. Hamblen (1846-1930) and wife Virginia (1861-1950) settled in Lakeview area (9 mi. S of Claude) in 1889. Hamblen helped establish...
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- s.p. hamblen family
- prairie dog ...
William E. Schott
Briscoe County pioneer William E. Schott (1870-1941) was born in Ohio and moved to North Texas in 1885. Still legally a minor, he came to this area in 1890 and filed a claim for the first of his...
- texas
- briscoe county
- palo duro canyon
- william e. schott
Hamblen Drive
Named for William H. Hamblen (1878-1952), who in 1890s pioneered a crude road (about 6 mi. N) into Palo Duro Canyon along old Indian trails. This cut 120 miles off settlers' trips to the...
- texas
- brisco county
- palo duro canyon
- hamblen
- highways
Weatherford, Mineral Wells and Northwestern Railway
In 1852, years before the nations’s first transcontinental rail line was completed in 1869, the Texas Legislature chartered what would become the Texas & Pacific Railway Company. The Civil...
- texas
- palo pinto county
- parker county
- mineral wells
- railroads
- resorts
The Old JA Ranch
n 1876, veteran Texas cattleman Charles Goodnight entered Palo Duro Canyon by way of an old Comanche Indian trail near here, to establish the first ranch in this area.In 1877, Goodnight...
- texas
- palo duro canyon
- charles goodnight
- cattle
- ranching
SOUTH BERKELEY SENIOR CITIZENS INC
Terry and Lenore Doran Memorial Parklet
TERRY and LENORE DORAN MEMORIAL PARKLET Terry Stephan Doran (1/26/1943-1/1/2012) Father, Educator, Humanitarian. "Nothing is too good for the working man" Lenore Merzon Doran (9/21/1943-2/15/2021)...
- homemade cafe
- doran
- berkeley
The Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Railway (back)
NOTE: plaque has text front and reverse.Hamilton's second major rail carrier, the Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Railway, was conceived in response to the merger of the Great Western and Grand...
- railroads
- hamilton ontario
Polo Grounds
Approximate location of home plate.Home of the New York Giants National Baseball League 1890–1957.World Champions 1904 • 1905 • 1921 • 1922 • 1933 • 1954.The Giants shared this field with the New...
John W. Whitfield
Brig. General C.S. ArmyCommanding 2nd BrigadeCav. Div. Johnston's Army-------------------------Major Texas Battalion Nov. 12, 1861Col. 1st Texas Legion April 2, 1862Brig. Gen. C.S. Army May 9, 1863
- mississippi
- u.s. civil war
Hilltop Park
Dedicated to Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center and the community of Washington Heights by the New York Yankees to mark the exact location of home plate in Hilltop Park, home of the New...