The subject of this book is the early history of Archie, Missouri. The book includes a chronicle of events 1880 to 1929 and various lists including a list of high school seniors up to 1994. The index includes many local names; the names with the most entries are Adair, Alexander, Arnold, Atkinson, Baker, Barnard, Barrett, Bell, Black, Brown, Burton, Christiansen, Clark, Colvin, Cramer, Davidson, Davis, Decker, Drury, Easterla, Frazier, Garland, George, Goodbar, Goodrich, Gross, Hawkins, Hiser, Hodges, Houston, Houtz, Leonard, Lethcho, Limpus, Logue, Longwell, Lord, Marshall, Mawson, McCoy, McDonnell, Murrell, Nevitt, Osborn, Parish, Patterson, Phillips, Pitcher, Rardin, Shipley, Sliffe, Stayton, Stevens, Swigart, Tatman, Taylor, Tout, Vansandt, Walters, Westhoff, Wright, and York.