| Marker Number |
2665 |
| Atlas Number |
5415002665 |
| Marker Title |
Home County of Famous Frontiersman J. Wright Mooar |
| Index Entry |
Mooar, J. Wright, Home County of Famous Frontiersman |
| Address |
6200 College Avenue |
| City |
Snyder |
| County |
Scurry |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
320440 |
| UTM Northing |
3617211 |
| Subject Codes |
pioneers; ranches/ranching |
| Marker Year |
1997 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
Western Texas College, Scurry County Museum, inside in J. Wright Mooar exhibit |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
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) |
