In the 1880s, residents of this part of Archer County included Ireland native James Colgan and his wife, Nancy, while most other area families were of Bohemian descent, including the Kulhanek, Bohac, Kunkel, and Pechacek families. The GT&W Railroad arrived in 1910, and the town of Megargel was established. That same year, Dr. W.T. Webb buried his two-day-old son, Arza, the first person interred in what became the community cemetery. Others buried there include military veterans of conflicts dating to the Civil War, and an association maintains the cemetery as a link to the area's history.