Originally established as a trading post on Deep Creek for buffalo hunters and called "Hide Town," because of many hide tents and dugouts, the city of Snyder takes it name from W. H. (Pete) Snyder, a Dutch trader who established a store here in 1878. A major event in the town's growth came in 1908 when the Roscoe, Snyder & Pacific Railroad brought the "Iron Horse" to Snyder. The city incorporated in 1907. Late in 1948 the city moved into another era when the huge Canyon Reef Oil Field was discovered. With influx of oil field workers and personnel, the quiet county seat became an overcrowded boom town overnight, with the population jumping from 4,000 to 12,000 in a year's time. Today Snyder, the county seat of Scurry County, continues as a regional trade center for ranching, farming and oil production. (1966)
City of Snyder
The roadside stories worth pulling over for.
City of Snyder is a historical marker in Snyder, Scurry County, dedicated in 1966. It is one of 60 historical markers documented in Scurry County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 63 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.7183, -100.9193 near Snyder. The nearest cataloged historic site is Witness Tree (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Witness Tree, First State Bank Building, and Home County of Famous Frontiersman J. Wright Mooar.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5415000893. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
Get Texas Roam — all 28,000 sites in your pocket
See this site and every marker, cemetery, courthouse, museum and landmark across Texas on one live map — find what's near you, get directions, and check in as you roam.
