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Extinct Town of Anarene |
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Archer City,
TX,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
33° 29' 5.6976",
-98° 39' 59.7996"
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Texas State
Historical Marker |
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. Marion Keen. Graham built a hotel and obtained a post office, cattle pens, dipping vat and other facilities. The town schoolhouse was used for religious services. In 1921 oil was discovered nearby. A refinery was built in 1938. When oil production ceased and the trains stopped running in 1954, Anarene quickly declined. (1976)
This page last updated: 7/15/2008 |
Extinct Town of Anarene Historical Marker Location Map, Archer City, Texas
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