ARCHER
Alachua County • Florida Local
Founded in 1840s as Deer Hammock
As Deer Hammock began to grow the Florida Railroad reached the village in 1858 which shifted the site of the town eastward. At this point the city was renamed Archer, after James T. Archer, Florida’s first Secretary of State. The first trains stopped in Archer in 1859.
Archer was home to Mahulda Gussie Brown Carrier (1894 – 1948), a Great Floridian. She was an African American educator in Florida for decades. She was also a survivor of the Rosewood Massacre initiated by a racist mob on January 1st thru January 7th 1923.
Mahulda Carrier was a well-liked and well-educated professional teacher who was promoted to a new role as the first Black school principal licensed in the state of Florida.
After graduating from the A.L. Jordan Academy in Gainesville with honors, she went on to teach in the public school system in Levy County. She taught there for several years and became the first Black school principal in the state of Florida.
Mahulda Brown commuted by train to work in Levy County. She later married and moved to Rosewood, serving as a school principal in the Gulf Hammock community. Mahulda Carrier has been admired and acknowledged as an honored professional by local educators nationwide.
Her legacy as an educator has become a model for others in Florida and beyond to follow not only in the 20th century but also in this 21st century. She was added to the List of Great Floridians in 2000.
Great Floridian is a title bestowed upon notable citizens in the state of Florida by the Florida Department of State. This Great Floridian program recognizes deceased individuals who have made significant contributions to the history and culture of Florida. Only 385 persons were honored as Great Floridians in 2000.
Archer was also the home of Queenie Brown, an African American nurse, the daughter of educators and a great-great-grandmother. She attended nursing school and began a career in nursing that continued for many years, caring for the sick and ailing in health care facilities throughout Florida for many decades.
She lived to see generations of her descendants become nurses, artists, ministers, firefighters, internet entrepreneurs, law enforcement officers, painters, barbers, hair stylists, chefs, home builders, masons, bricklayers, social workers and many many more.
Her family and friends came together to celebrate her life and her accomplishments as a single mother in June 2019. She was an inspiration for future single mothers who found her strength to be a true example of love for family and neighbor.
These great Americans have made an enduring mark in the history of America. Like millions of other Americans of every national or ethnic background, their lives demonstrated how all can contribute to American values and success.
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