| Marker Number |
3695 |
| Atlas Number |
5009003695 |
| Marker Title |
Old Buffalo Road |
| Index Entry |
Buffalo Road, Old |
| Address |
|
| City |
Archer City |
| County |
Archer |
| UTM Zone |
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| UTM Easting |
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| UTM Northing |
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| Subject Codes |
roads |
| Marker Year |
1973 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
from Archer City, take US Highway 79 northeast about 15 miles, marker reported missing (date unknown) 12.1.2020 |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
Missing |
| Marker Size |
14" x 24" |
| Marker Text |
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. |
