Snyder, William Henry (Pete) Store, Site of


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Marker Number: 4891 
Marker Title: Site of Store of William Henry (Pete) Snyder 
Index Entry: Snyder, William Henry (Pete) Store, Site of 
Address: College & 26th Street 
City: Snyder 
County: Scurry 
UTM Zone: 14 
UTM Easting: 320378 
UTM Northing: 331442 
Subject Codes: MK; PI 
Year Marker Erected: 1968 
Designations: na 
Marker Location: Southeast corner courthouse square, Snyder. 
Marker Size: 18" x 28" 
Repairs Completed:  
Marker Text: Adventurer, Civil War veteran, whose career included mining Colorado gold,
 building railroads in Kansas, hauling freight and buffalo hides in Texas; opened Snyder's
 first trading post, 1878. Built of lumber hauled from Ft. Worth in ox-wagons by
 Webb Brothers, Jim, Jeff and Ben. Store furnished supplies to buffalo hunters 
who infiltrated area, lived in dugouts on Deep Creek. After 3 years, 
Snyder quit the trading business, laid out part of original townsite and
 sold lots from his property. Moved to Colorado City, where he died in 1916
 at age of 79. (1968)