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J. Wright Mooar |
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At Coliseum between 25th & 27th St., Snyder,
TX,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
32° 42' 24.55903000008",
-100° 53' 19.5068500008"
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Texas State
Historical Marker |
J. Wright Mooar and his brother John W. Mooar established the first buffalo hunting camp in the Texas Panhandle in 1873. Wright killed a rare albino buffalo (one of two known killed in Texas) in Scurry county on October 7, 1876. Mooar shot about 22,000 buffalo, a record probably unsurpassed. His ability to hit a vital spot from a distance of 1,000 feet or farther won the respect of Comanche Indian Chief Quanah Parker, a friend in later life. The Mooar brothers began ranching in Scurry county in 1877 and Wright became known as Scurry county's No. 1 citizen. (1997)
This page last updated: 7/15/2008 |
J. Wright Mooar Historical Marker Location Map, Snyder, Texas
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