Old Buffalo Road in Archer City, Texas

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Old Buffalo Road

15 mi. NE on SH 79, Archer City, TX, USA

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Historical Marker

Named for traffic in buffalo hides and bones, road from plains hunting grounds crossed this site. Hunters hauled thousands of hides to market in 1870s. The first settlers in late 1870s-80s sold bones for fertilizer and bought supplies to sustain life during hard times. Erected by Archer County Historical Survey Committee, 1973.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008