Although state surveyors had officially named it Culvers Creek, famous buffalo hunters John and J. "Pete" Snyder's trading post, which eventually grew into the county-seat town of Snyder, was located on bank. In 1870s it supplied buffalo hunters living in hide-covered half dugouts. Marker Text: Once a spring-fed tributary of the Colorado River heads and ends within Scurry County. Marker Location: Corner of Avenue U and 25th, Snyder (just west of bridge, US 180). Both men made camp at Green Springs, six miles southwest. Lee followed part of same trail searching for hostile Comanches in 1856. Emigrant trail to California, blazed in 1849 by Army Captain R.B. Tools, pictographs in nearby cave indicate Indians camped here. Petrified trees-one 300 feet tall-and bones of prehistoric animals have been found in area. Camp, an early settler who built a dugout in 1878 at springs, one-half mile northwest of here. Marker Location: From Snyder take FM 1673 about 13 miles to intersection with FM 1614 and marker. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1972 Camp Springs Layman family swapped a cow for the former Hermleigh Calaboose. After paved roads made the county jail accessible, this structure was moved and sold. Marker Text: Prior to 1920s held rowdies arrested by town constable. Marker Location: US 180 near 34th Street at Snyder Coliseum, Snyder. Scurry 1821-1864 | Old Snyder Graveyard | City of Snyder | Witness Tree Former Calaboose Wagon Yard | Prairie Dog | Scurry County | Scurry County Courthouse Site and Building | Scurry County Museum | Scurry County's Billionth Barrel of Oil | County's First Law Men | County Named for Texas Confederate William R. Wright Mooar | Home County of Famous Frontiersman J. Former Calaboose | Camp Springs | Channel of Deep Creek | Greene Springs and Site of Archeological Discoveries | Hermleigh | Lone Wolf Community | Site of The MacKenzie Trail | Campsite of the Marcy Expedition | J. Topics (click on a topic to jump to that section).
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