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William
Manery and Store at 23 Street c1906
Manery was the proprietor of several businesses,
and a part of Snyder is named after him.
Photo
Courtesy Charlene Beatty Beauchamp |
History
in a Pecan Shell
The county was named after Confederate General Wm. Scurry. William
Henry Snyder was an early merchant/ buffalo hunter who operated a
trading post.
1878: Wm. H. "Pete" Snyder, former Pennsylvanian, opens trading
post on Deep Creek.
1882: Mr. Snyder plans the future town of Snyder and first
school opens
1884: County becomes organized and Snyder becomes county seat
1892: Snyder has two newspapers as well as two banks, and two
churches.
1908: The Altururian Woman's Club is formed
1910: Population reaches 2,500 - a significant number for West
Texas
1911: Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad comes to Snyder.
1931: First State Bank Closes due to The Great Depression
1948: Oil is discovered and Snyder is overwhelmed when it's
population triples in one year
1950: The Snyder Daily News becomes the first daily newspaper
published.
1964: The Diamond M Museum Opens - regarded as one of Texas'
best art collections
1968: Due to the efforts of community leaders Snyder is chosen
as one of only 11 "All American Cities"
1971: Western Texas College is opened |
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High School in Snyder, 1900s
Courtesy
texasoldphotos.com |
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West
Side Square, Snyder, Texas
Postcard courtesy rootsweb.com/
~txgenweb// postcards/Index.html |
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Early
1900s Snyder street scene
Courtesy texasoldphotos.com |
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Snyder
main street today
Photo courtesy Charlene Beatty Beauchamp |
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The
Restored Sinclair Station - "Built like a small triangle.
Can't be 15' on its longest side. I remember seeing it in the 1950's
on our way to Coleman" -
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, 3-03 |
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In
2001, Snyder's former white buffalo has been retired to the Scurry
County Museum. - Replaced by this more true-to-life model
Photo courtesy Charlene Beatty Beauchamp |
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Snyder was used as a backdrop for a movie staring George Strait in
2001. The recently restored Ritz Theater gets some much-deserved attention.
Photo courtesy Charlene Beatty Beauchamp |
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The
former Roscoe, Snyder & Pacific Railroad
The Santa Fe depot is located several blocks northwest of the RS&P
depot. Photo by Charlene Beatty Beauchamp |
Snyder
Chronicles
Fire
on the Snyder Town Square, February 2003
Brewster
Hudspeth's Faintly Blurred Memory of Snyder
Mr. Hudspeth's comments do not reflect the actual
history of Snyder and students are advised to consult the "History
in a Pecan Shell" above.
Native Sons
Powers
of Texas by Maggie Van Ostrand
Powers Boothe was born in Snyder on June 1st, 1948 to Merrill Vestal
Boothe and Emily Kathryn Reeves. He attended Texas State University,
San Marcos (then Southwest Texas State) where he was a member of
the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity and received his Master of Fine
Arts from Southern Methodist University.
Powers Boothe has long been one of America's finest actors in two
major categories, character and leading man... more
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