Channel of Deep Creek


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Marker Number: 802 
Marker Title: Channel of Deep Creek 
Index Entry: Channel of Deep Creek 
Address: Ave. U & 25th St. 
City: Snyder 
County: Scurry 
UTM Zone: 14 
UTM Easting: 319919 
UTM Northing: 3621479 
Subject Codes: WA 
Year Marker Erected: 1969 
Designations: na 
Marker Location: Corner of Avenue U and 25th, Snyder (just west of bridge, US 180). 
Marker Size: 18" x 28" 
Repairs Completed:  
Marker Text: Once a spring-fed tributary of the Colorado's River; heads and ends within 
Scurry County. In 1870s it supplied buffalo hunters living in hide-covered half dugouts. 
"Pete" Snyder's trading post, which eventually grew into the county-seat town of Snyder, 
was located on bank. Although state surveyors had officially named it Culvers Creek, 
famous buffalo hunters John and J. Wright Mooar called it Deep Creek in 1876, and soon 
the name became widely used. Played central role in early town life as a scene of picnics, 
horse races, and baptisms. (1969)