March 19th, Thursday 7pm. Bill Zettler Ph.d continues his series of talks and slide presentations. Sponsored by the Archer Historical Society. Bill will be sharing the history of Harmon Murray, an Archer native, who during the 1840’s was a notorious Read More …
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The Journey Man
February 20th, 2020 February 20th, 7pm: The Archer Historical Society is pleased to present Frank Roberts. Frank will be sharing with us his experience in the plumbing trade down through the years, along with his treasure trove of old tools Read More …
Author Nick West
November 21st Thursday 7pm. We are pleased to announce our guest speaker will be Nick West, a longtime Archer resident. He is the accomplished author of four books. The Great Southern Circus, The Long Road Home , The Sandspur Special Read More …
Archer’s Cemeteries Speak
October 17th, Thursday 7pm. Bill Zettler Ph.d continues his series of talks and slide presentations which are included in his booklet ‘Archer Florida the Ghost Town That Didn’t Die.’ He will be focusing on seven of Archer’s cemeteries, the earliest Read More …
Hitup Maddox Comes to Town 9/19/2019
September 19th, Thursday 7pm. Archer Historical Society will be hosting a talk about one of Archer’s iconic historical residents William Emory “Hitup” Maddox. William Emory “Hitup” who arrived in 1892 from Fort Valley, Georgia to work in the open-pit phosphate Read More …
Treasure Hidden on the Backroads of Archer – 05/16/19 7pm
Hidden Treasures on the Back Roads of Archer: A lecture about Archer’s history will be given by Ann Batey Green. A fifth generation Archerite who has a love for her community that has developed over a lifetime. Ann has been Read More …
ARCHER’S BAUKKNIGHT -MCNEILL HISTORICAL HOUSE 04/18/2019
The Archer Historical Society is pleased to announce a presentation by one of our members, Christie Parker-Wheeler, on April 18th Thursday 7 p.m.. This talk by Ms. Wheeler will feature the historical home of C.W. Bauknight, a successful merchant and Read More …
Archer FL: Quakertown March 21st, 7PM
Archer: Florida Quakertown March 21St. Thursday 7 p.m. Bill Zettler will present a talk about Archer’s and Florida’s unique Quaker settlement during the 1880’s. W. B. Lipsey of Indiana founded the Quaker Orange Company and invited many other Quakers Read More …
Combating the Peonage System in the South-February 21st 7 p.m
Join us at Archer’s United Methodist Church, 17121 S.W 137th Avenue, Archer for an informative presentation about Frederick C. Cubberly. Bill Zettler will join us again to present a talk about Frederick C. Cubberly who played an important role in Read More …
THE BIRDMAN OF ARCHER 01/17/2019 7pm
17121 SW 137th Lane Archer Florida United Methodist Church To start the New Year Archer Historical Society is pleased to announce another of a series of talks by our member Bill Zettler on January 17th, Thursday 2019. This talk by Read More …