|
 Town of Knapp
N 32° 38.987 W 101° 07.104
14S E 301310 N 3614444
Texas Historical Marker noting this as the site of Knapp, which is a fraction of the size that it once was. It is located on the east side of FM 1610, about nine miles south of US 180, southwest of Snyder.
Waymark Code: WM145DE
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/19/2021
Views: 3
Marker Number: 5532
Marker Text:
Pioneers settling Bull Creek, 1888, where herds of bull buffalo grazed, called their community Bison. They founded the Baptist Church on the creek bank, the school in a nearby pasture.
Bison was located on fringe of the ranch belonging to A.P. Bush and Benjamin Tillar, both prominent early Texas cattlemen.
In 1890, name of town and post office (then housed in a dugout) became "Knapp" after the U.S. Post Office Department refused Bison because it was a duplicate name.
In 1959, after a rousing decade of serving the oil boom workers, the post office closed. (1968)
|
Visit Instructions:
Please include a picture in your log. You and your GPS receiver do not need to be in the picture. We encourage additional information about your visit (comments about the surrounding area, how you ended up near the marker, etc.) in the log.
Recent Visits/Logs:
| There are no logs for this waymark yet. |
|
|
|
|