Site of O.K. Wagon Yard
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member QuarrellaDeVil
N 32° 43.097 W 100° 55.020
14S E 320340 N 3621681
Texas Historical Marker at the site of the O.K. Wagon Yard, a place for travelers to spend the night, with some possible extra amenities, and it also served as a place for what we call "trade days' today. Located at 2312 Avenue R in Snyder.
Waymark Code: WM145DF
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/19/2021
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.
Views: 3

Marker Number: 4843

Marker Text:
(Formerly on Jackass Avenue)

Stopping place for travelers in early 1900s. Rented rooms and horse stalls for two bits (25¢) each. Provided blacksmithing and harness repair and kept a horse, Jersey Bull, and a "Missouri Jack" (donkey) as stud animals. With right contact here, a cowboy could also buy a jar of "White Lightning" (home-brewed whiskey).

On Saturdays citizens "passed the hat" to finance a rodeo at the yard. In later years "First Mondays" were held here, where farmers, ranchers, mule skinners, and the curious met to swap or exchange produce, livestock, and other goods. Yard closed in 1930s. (1971)



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