The brand-new schoolhouse in Snyder, Texas. I don't have a date for this photo but I'm guessing circa 1900. Snyder had its beginnings in 1878, when a buffalo hunter and trader, William Henry (Pete) Snyder, a native of Pennsylvania, built a trading post on the banks of Deep Creek. Other hunters were attracted to the post and a colony of buffalo-hide dwellings grew up around it. These dwellings, as well as the occasionally dubious character of their inhabitants, gave the town its first names, "Hide Town," and "Robber's Roost." I understand the reason for wanting to change the name, but I still think they should have kept Robber's Roost.