Archer City

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Saint Jo

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Established in 1856, the city of Saint Jo was originally known as Head of Elm, named for its location at the headwaters of the Elm Fork of the...

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The Brazos River, called the Rio de los Brazos de Dios by early Spanish explorers (translated as “The River of the Arms of God”), is the...

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An aerial tour of the exterior of the Baker Hotel in Mineral Wells.

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Alvord is on U.S. Highway 287/81 ten miles northeast of Decatur in northeast Wise County. Settlement began there in the early 1880s. The community...

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Woodmen Circle Home was an orphanage and a dormitory for widowed women.

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From an old Western town near Fort Griffin. Photo Keith Kapple

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Haskell, the county seat of Haskell County, is at the junction of U.S. Highways 277 and 380 in the central part of the county. It was once on the...

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At least three explanations exist for this town's unusual name. The most popular is that the name commemorated an invasion of bugs that spoiled a...