Misplaced Pages

#405594

19-523: Lake Wichita Park, a 234-acre park is situated on the northern shores. This article about a location in Archer County, Texas is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a lake in the United States is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Archer County, Texas Archer County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas . As of

38-584: A fractions of the numbers that are raised in the other dairy pockets of Texas such as Dalhart/Dumas and the Stephenville area. Every dairy farm in the Scotland/Windthorst area is family owned, and this is from where most of the economy of the two cities derives. Archer County is represented in the Texas House of Representatives by Republican James Frank , a businessman from Wichita Falls. Archer County

57-503: A household in the county was $ 38,514, and for a family was $ 45,984. Males had a median income of $ 31,386 versus $ 22,119 for females. The per capita income for the county was $ 19,300. About 6.80% of families and 9.00% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.90% of those under age 18 and 10.80% of those age 65 or over. These school districts serve Archer County: Megargel Independent School District once served portions of Archer County, but it closed in 2006. The county

76-904: A major Texas general contractor, carrying out such projects as the Alamodome , the expansion of the University of Texas Memorial Stadium , the Hyatt Hill Country Resort Hotel, the San Antonio Convention Center , the Westin La Cantera Resort Hotel and the Fiesta Texas theme park, as well as hospitals, hotels, banks and office buildings. The company and its subsidiaries were ranked among the Top 400 Contractors by Engineering News-Record , and were consistently ranked among

95-513: A ranch in Archer County. Archer County is one of the more prominent areas of dairy product production in Texas. The two southeastern Archer County cities of Scotland and Windthorst have 37 functioning dairy farms nearby as of 2019. The dairy industry moved to the area in the early 1900s and has persisted through the years. Though this area has many operating dairies, the number of dairy cattle makes up

114-605: A total area of 925 sq mi (2,400 km ), of which 903 sq mi (2,340 km ) are land and 22 sq mi (57 km ) (2.4%) are covered by water. Archer County is part of the Texas Red Beds , which are strata of red-colored sedimentary rock from the Early Permian . One of the most prominent red-bed fossil sites in the county is the Geraldine Bonebed. The fossils of Permian-period vertebrates in

133-463: Is heavily Republican, and has voted for the presidential candidate of that party in every election since 1980. 33°37′N 98°41′W  /  33.61°N 98.69°W  / 33.61; -98.69 Gerald Lyda Gerald Lyda (January 12, 1923 – November 14, 2005) was an American cattle rancher, contractor and developer from the state of Texas. Lyda was born in Burnet County at

152-652: Is in the service area of Vernon College . The Seymour Division of the sprawling 320,000-deeded-acre (1400 km ) La Escalera Ranch is located north of Seymour, Texas in Baylor County with portions in Archer County. The Seymour Division consists of 34,000 acres (14,000 hectares), which formerly was known as the Cross Bar Ranch when it was owned by the Claude Cowan Sr. Trust. The ranch was purchased in January 2005 by

171-625: The 2020 census , its population was 8,560. Its county seat is Archer City . It is part of the Wichita Falls metropolitan statistical area . In 1858, the Texas Legislature established Archer County from portions of Fannin County , and it organized in 1880. It is named for Branch Tanner Archer , a commissioner for the Republic of Texas . According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the county has

190-465: The Gerald Lyda family and La Escalera Limited Partnership, and is managed by partner Jo Lyda Granberg and her husband K. G. Granberg of Seymour. La Escalera Ranch also extends over much of Pecos County and portions of Reeves and Brewster Counties. It is known for its herd of Black Angus cattle and its abundant wildlife. Joseph Sterling Bridwell, a Wichita Falls philanthropist and oilman, also owned

209-574: The Evans Ranch. To support his family, he quit working as a cowboy in 1947 and was hired as a carpenter with Farnsworth & Chambers, a large building contractor with headquarters in Houston , working under supervisor/mentor H. Alvin Lott. In late 1954, the 31-year-old Lyda was transferred to San Antonio to be project superintendent for the construction of Wilford Hall Hospital at Lackland Air Force Base . After

SECTION 10

#1732855903406

228-581: The Texas Red Beds were first discovered by Edward Drinker Cope in 1877. Subsequent research has revealed rare fossils of Permian period amphibians such as Trimerorhachis , and rich deposits of other Permian tetrapods such as Dimetrodon and Diadectes . As of the census of 2000, 8,854 people, 3,345 households, and 2,515 families resided in the county. The population density was 10 people/sq mi (3.9 people/km ). The 3,871 housing units averaged 4 per square mile (1.5/km ). The racial makeup of

247-646: The county was 95.54% White, 0.08% African American, 0.62% Native American, 0.12% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 2.28% from other races, and 1.32% from two or more races. About 4.87% of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race. Of the 3,345 households, 37.20% had children under 18 living with them, 65.00% were married couples living together, 7.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.80% were not families. Of all unmarried partner households, 89.8% were heterosexual, 1.9% were same-sex male, and 8.3% were same-sex female. About 21.90% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.20% had someone who

266-519: The edge of the Texas Hill Country in Central Texas. His grandfather was Gideon Paloris Lyda, who worked as a foreman on Thomas Lyons and Angus Campbell's LC Ranch near Silver City, New Mexico . Separated from his family aged 10 by his mother's death and the foreclosure on the family farm, Lyda worked for various ranches throughout the Texas Hill Country . During World War II , Lyda worked for

285-595: The hospital was completed on time and within budget, he was promoted to Area Superintendent. In 1960, Lyda formed his own construction company, Darragh & Lyda, with Burnet County rancher Steinmetz Darragh. In the mid-1960s, a joint venture between the San Antonio –based company and H. A. Lott Inc. built the Tower of the Americas , and most of the major HemisFair '68 structures in San Antonio . The Lyda organization grew to be

304-459: The large Ladder Ranch in southeastern New Mexico , which he eventually sold to Ted Turner and Jane Fonda . Lyda died in 2005. His sons and daughter manage the La Escalera Ranch, which spreads across four Texas counties, and has been ranked by Texas Monthly , The Land Report , and Worth magazine as one of the largest cattle ranches in the United States. One of his sons, Gene ,

323-434: The railroad, but soon became a carpenter with a large El Paso –based general contractor , working on military projects throughout Texas , Utah and Colorado . Returning to Texas between construction jobs, he broke horses , worked as a ranch hand, occasionally competed in saddle bronc riding at small-town rodeos , and learned the art of saddle -making. Lyda married Randa Jean Lyda and moved to Nixon, Texas , to manage

342-518: The top three commercial building contractors in San Antonio , based on billings, by the San Antonio Business Journal . In 2003, Lyda sold Lyda Constructors Inc., the 100% owned subsidiary of Lyda Inc., to Swinerton, Inc. of San Francisco. After the sale, Lyda retired to his 220,000-acre La Escalera Ranch south of Fort Stockton, Texas . By 1999, he had owned or traded more than 880,000 acres (3600 km²) of ranch real estate, including

361-425: Was 65 or older living alone. The average household size was 2.63, and the average family size was 3.08. In the county, the age distribution was 28.20% under 18, 7.00% from 18 to 24, 27.40% from 25 to 44, 23.50% from 45 to 64, and 13.90% who were 65 or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.20 males. The median income for

#405594