Historical Marker

Witness Tree (THC #5415005881)

Snyder · Scurry County · Dedicated 1966 · THC Atlas #5415005881

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Marker Inscription

Used in early land surveys to indicate boundaries. Historical marker is on library grounds across street. (1966)

About this site

Witness Tree 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 32.7193, -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 City of Snyder, Site of O.K. Wagon Yard, and First State Bank Building.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5415005881. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

This marker commemorates a 'witness tree'-a hackberry used as a reference point in early land surveys near Snyder. Surveyors marked the tree with an 'X' in 1881, after buffalo hunters had cleared the region's great herds and campaigns by Gen. Ranald S. Mackenzie and the U.S. 4th Cavalry had forced Native peoples onto reservations, opening the area to settlement. The stump of the survey tree stood across the street from the marker's location.

Sources: hmdb.org atlas.thc.texas.gov

Also at or near Snyder, Scurry County

“Witness Tree” names 2 distinct records in Scurry County. This page is the historical marker dedicated in 1966 in Snyder. The others:

Witness Tree — Historical Marker in Snyder (1966)

📍 32.7193, -100.9193 · Snyder, Scurry County

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