LIfestyles

There is a bit of fame and acclaim at the junction of state highways 79 and 25 in the middle of Archer County, Texas. At this junction the majestic Archer County courthouse stands proudly on the historic square as a testament of time honoring those who came long before in search of the American dream. Preceding the Anglos and the longhorns and the boundaries of the county being surveyed, this wild frontier was home to the Wichita, Caddo and Comanche. It was a place where great herds of the Plains Bison swept across the landscape in migration, the Gray Wolf found his home in the plum thickets and the wild coyote leapt into glory. Kiowa warrior, Chief Kicking Bird, defeated the US Cavalry at the battle of the Little Wichita River nearby before barbed wire cut the plain and the railroad snaked its way west. There is a rich history here.