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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DPD_greene-springs-and-site-of-archeological-discoveries_Hermleigh-TX.html
Greene Springs and Site of Archeological Discoveries. (1.5 miles southwest). Located at a place occupied by man for centuries, these springs compose the first, live (running) water that flows into the South Fork of the Clear Fork of the Brazos Riv…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2402_first-christian-church_Snyder-TX.html
Organized in 1898 with eight charter member families: Messrs. and Mmes. W. T. Baze, A. D. Dodson, F. M. German, W. B. Stanfield, I. W. Wasson, A. C. Wilmeth; Mlles. Clare Dodson, Lola Morris; and Mrs. Nannie German.
First building was erected …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2401_the-prairie-dog_Snyder-TX.html
Small burrowing rodent once symbolic of Old West. Estimates once placed Texas population in billions.
Prairie dogs were so named because of their quick sharp barking and wagging tails. A vegetarian mammal related to the squirrel and ground hog…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2400_quanah-parker_Snyder-TX.html
The last major Native American warrior of the great Plains, was the son of Comanche Chief Peta Nocona and Cynthia Ann Parker, a white woman kidnapped in a Comanche raid. His tribe was one of the last to come into the U.S. Reservation system. Quana…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23ZZ_j-j-moore-no-1-oil-well_Ira-TX.html
First producing oil well in Scurry County; opened a major West Texas petroleum area. Drilled February to October 1923 by E. I. (Tommy) Thompson, W. W. Lechner and E. E. (Buddy) Fogelson of Loutex Corp., W. A. Reiter located the well. Leon English …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23ZY_ira_Ira-TX.html
Named for Ira Green, who had a crossroads store near this site. First homes and school were half-dugouts (cellars with windows set above ground level). Post office established 1896. On opening of block 97 to settlers, 1899, area became active farm…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23ZX_campsite-of-the-marcy-expedition_Colorado-City-TX.html
At a grove of mesquite and wild china trees by a creek near here, Capt. R. B. Marcy's expedition camped Oct. 7, 1849, while blazing the famous Marcy Trail. They saw nothing deadlier than quail and wild turkeys in the area, but the next day, traged…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23YD_first-baptist-church-of-snyder_Snyder-TX.html
Founded in May, 1883, one year before Scurry County was organized, this pioneer institution helped pave the way for modern Baptist worship in the area. It was originally named Bledsoe Baptist Church, in honor of John S. Bledsoe, one of the founder…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23YC_scurry-county-jail-of-1912_Snyder-TX.html
In 1911 the commissioners court of Scurry County presented plans for a new jail, since the two previous jail houses (built in 1884 and 1886) had proven insufficient for the county's needs. Land at this site was purchased with bond money, and the b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23YB_towle-house_Snyder-TX.html
Dr. H. G. and Mary (Ruddick) Towle married in Colorado City in 1905, moving to Snyder to open a jewelry and optical store. The Towles bought this lot in 1908 and had this two-story brick house with full basement built in 1912. The house has coloni…