THE FAMOUS WHITE BUFFALO

If I have time to kill when I go to Snyder, I walk over to the Whistle Stop or the Mason Jar and browse through their wares, but this time I decided to walk across the street and read the historical monument in front of the Scurry County Courthouse.

 J.Wright Mooar was an enterprising Yankee from Vermont who moved west so he could hunt buffalo and sell the hides.  He and his brother, John, had a camp in Scurry County, and in 1876 he shot an albino buffalo.  Only two have been killed in Texas.   

 This is the statue of the white buffalo that stands at the corner of the courthouse in Snyder.

 Mooar was a crack shot and could kill at 1000 feet or more.  He has the record of 22,000 buffalo, which is a lot of hides.  After his hunting days, he began ranching in this area in 1877.  This famous albino hide is still here in Snyder.