Marker Inscription
(Formerly on Jackass Avenue) Stopping place for travelers in early 1900s. Rented rooms and horse stalls for two bits (25 c) 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)
About this site
Site of O.K. Wagon Yard is a historical marker in Snyder, Scurry County, dedicated in 1971. 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 32.7182, -100.9170 near Snyder. The nearest cataloged historic site is Snyder National Bank (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Scurry County, Scurry County Courthouse Site and Building, and Scurry, William R. (County Named For Texas Confederate).
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5415004843. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
