Mooar, J. Wright, Home County of Famous Frontiersman

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Marker Number: 2519 
Marker Title: Home County of Famous Frontiersman J. Wright Mooar 
Index Entry: Mooar, J. Wright, Home County of Famous Frontiersman 
Address: 25th & College St. 
City: Snyder 
County: Scurry 
UTM Zone: 14 
UTM Easting: 320242 
UTM Northing: 3621519 
Subject Codes: AN; PI 
Year Marker Erected: 1967 
Designations: na 
Marker Location: 25th and College, northwest courthouse square, Snyder 
Marker Size: 27" x 42" 
Subject Codes:
Repairs Completed:  
Marker Text: (Aug. 10, 1851-May 1, 1940) Champion hunter of buffalo--largest game 
animal in North America. Born in Vermont; came west at 19. Began hunting in 1870 
to supply hides for market. In partnership with his brother, John W. Mooar, in 
1873 established first buffalo hunting camp in the Texas Panhandle. On Oct. 7, 
1876, at his first hunting camp in Scurry County, killed a rare albino buffalo-
-one of two known to have been killed in Texas. The hide of that albino, afterward 
shown in 1904 St. Louis Fair and many other occasions, is now preserved here in 
Scurry County by Mooar's descendants. Hunted regularly until 1879; in 1881 helped 
furnish game and hay to feed construction men and animals building Texas & Pacific 
Railroad in West Texas. During his career, he shot about 22,000 buffalo--a 
record probably unsurpassed. His ability to hit a vital spot at a distance of 
1,000 feet or farther won the respect of such Indians as Comanche Chief Quanah 
Parker, who became his friend in later life. Began ranching with his brother in 
1877. Also had a business in Colorado City, 1881-1905. Highly esteemed. Site of 
killing of white buffalo (10 mi. NW of here) is near the Old Mooar Ranch 
headquarters, where his hand-hug water well is now surrounded by oil wells. (1967) 
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