Greene Springs and Site of Archeological Discoveries (1.5 miles southwest)


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Marker Number: 2272 
Marker Title: Greene Springs and Site of Archeological Discoveries 
Index Entry: Greene Springs and Site of Archeological Discoveries (1.5 miles southwest) 
Address: US 180, about 12 mi. E of Snyder 
City: Snyder 
County: Scurry 
UTM Zone: 14 
UTM Easting: 340759 
UTM Northing: 3622582 
Subject Codes: AC; NA; WA 
Year Marker Erected: 1968 
Designations: na 
Marker Location: From Snyder take US 180 about 12 miles east to roadside park. 
Marker Size: 27" x 42" 
Repairs Completed:  
Marker Text: 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 River. The waters, which collect in large potholes in a sandstone formation, 
have produced a constant flow since first discovered by settlers. For many centuries before,
 they were also visited by Indians. Food grinding holes and petroglyphs (rock carvings) 
on the sandstone creek walls give evidence of this early use. Since 1964, explorations 
by the Scurry Chapter, South Plains Archeological Society, have produced many artifacts
 such as stone knives and scrapers, beads, potsherds, and arrow points. 
In the nineteenth century, military units under Capt. R. B. Marcy (1849) and 
Gen. Robert E. Lee (1856) camped at Greene Springs. Somewhat later, buffalo hunters, 
freighters, and emigrants moving west and north stopped for water at this beautiful place. 
The springs were named about 1881 for J. I. "Jim" Greene, a horse rancher who moved here at
 that time. Greene and his family lived in two dugouts until their first house was built in
 1890. Remains of the dugouts are still visible today in a nearby hill. (1968)