Mooar, J. Wright Marker

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Number:  2665
Marker Title: J. Wright Mooar
Index Entry: Mooar, J. Wright
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City: Snyder
County: Scurry
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Subject Codes:  pioneers; ranches/ranching
Year Marker Erected: 1997
Designations: na
Marker Location:  Western Texas College, Scurry County Museum, inside in J. Wright Mooar exhibit
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)
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