2006-09-15 08:09:43 · 9 answers · asked by Sage k 1 in Travel ➔ United States ➔ Other - United States
Sure have! It's about 25 miles southwest of Wichita Falls and the hometown of novelist Larry McMurtry.
2006-09-15 08:12:58 · answer #1 · answered by Drewood 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ARCHER CITY, TEXAS. Archer City is twenty-five miles southwest of Wichita Falls in the center of Archer County, of which it is the seat. It was named for Branch Tanner Archer,qv a leading figure in the Texas Revolution and Republic of Texas.qqv The county was established and Archer City designated county seat by the state legislature in 1858, but the county was not organized until after the removal of the Kiowas and Comanches from the area. The townsite was originally surveyed in 1876 and was intended to lie on the projected paths of three railroad lines—the Fort Worth and Denver, the Houston and Texas Central, and the Red River and Rio Grande. A local post office opened in 1878, and in about 1879 C. B. Hutto settled nearby and platted the town; he donated land for a town square, a lot for a county jail, and lots for the construction of Protestant churches. He also donated a "frameless wooden building" to be used as a county courthouse
2006-09-15 15:12:33 · answer #2 · answered by David P 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
archer city = hometown of prolific Texas novelist/essayist/well-known screenwriter Larry McMurtry. For years he had, and I think he still has, an enormous used-and-rare bookstore in this very small town. i have not been there but book-loving friends of mine made a detour several years ago just to go to the bookstore.
2006-09-18 18:25:57 · answer #3 · answered by kbc10 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. It is a pretty historic town in Texas. Not too sure of what it is near though.
2006-09-15 15:14:45 · answer #4 · answered by EMS_5 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I haven't heard of it until today. Interesting, I live by Abilene, Tx.
2006-09-15 15:18:35 · answer #5 · answered by M☆mma 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have-in fact I have passed through it...
2006-09-15 15:18:22 · answer #6 · answered by boilerrat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure!
2006-09-15 15:10:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
sorry i actull havent..
2006-09-15 15:11:14 · answer #8 · answered by NotMeorYou 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i havent
2006-09-15 15:10:54 · answer #9 · answered by Slappin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋