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Archie Taylor (A.T.) Wright was born
November 6, 1876 in Seguin, TX. Wright’s talent for journalism must
have originated from his father, A. T. Wright Sr., who was editor
and owner of the Guadalupe News at Seguin. Archie got a chance to use his
skills as an editor and writer in 1906, when he bought the” Eldorado
Paper” from R. L. Carothers, owner and editor of the first newspaper
in Schleicher County since 1901. Archie renamed the newspaper “ The
Eldorado Success”. Archie had moved to Schleicher
County from Tom Green County in 1900. He worked for W. B. Silliman
as a ranch hand, breaking horses, until he bought the newspaper.
This business consisted of a sixteen foot, one room, building with a
hand operated George Washington Printing Press. A.T.’s brother, Steve Wright,
operated a grocery store on Holland Hotel Corner, Main St. in
Eldorado for A.T. after he bought it in 1921. Following Steve’s
death in 1930, A.T. moved the store to an enlarged building on Main
St. The location was between “Highway Garage” (B.J.’s Garage) and
“City Barber Shop”(Jerry’s T.V.) The Eldorado Success was housed in
the rear of this building, and the store was in the front of “
Wright’s Cash Store”. Archie was editor and owner of
the newspaper for over thirty years, and during this time he served
the community in many ways. He was on the school board, serving as
secretary for eleven years. He was Mayor of Eldorado when the first
water system was bought and first sewer system installed. Archie married Mabel Love Foley
in 1906, and the couple raised their four children in Eldorado. A.T. died August 19, 1964 in
his home in Eldorado. Mabel died December 18, 1972, and both are
buried in their family plot in Schleicher County.
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