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COL. DUDLEY H. SNYDER /
of Georgetown\
(Dy Jno. 't. shrrtpy
No resume, wr'ite-u or t~l o her talk development of the
cattle industry in Texas, or the Northwest for that
matter would b - complete thout gvit c ontiderable space
to the achievements of the Snyder Ers,, D.9, and J. W.,
who have been residents of the State for more- than sa ty i
years, their Operations extending from the Gul, of Mexico
to the Paci lec Slope. Thile it is almost impossible to
speak of the achievements and experiences of the one without
the other, for they were not only brothers :.,ut steadfast
friends and business associates, it is our privilege at this
time to speak of a few of the vast and ever-changing exper-
iences of Cl. Dudley H. Snyder, the oldest brother and
senior member of the firm, who was known for more than fifty
years in all the great cattle mtns of t:e countxv7 as the
one man who could, 'and did, fill his contracts p romptl:, it '
mattered not the number of ious nds of headhe had <~reed
to :flniwshnor h distance that it was necessary to travel
in orde, to m~aLe the delwiv y. There was never an doubt
in the minds of thy contractors who had purchased cattle
from him--he knew that delivery w ould be made on the dh y
appointed and at the place agreed upon,
Col. D, . Snyder was born in t grand old tate of
Misissippi in I833 (the year the stars fell). His.father
,ed in 184 , leaving a widow7 nd four cchild~en, w sons
and 4 daughters. The fath> , e prudent business man, had
prepared for t he ov ntualityof death, and l eft the dependent
wife and mother in reasonably good circumstances, her property
beinrv composed of interest bering securities, loans etc,.
In 1840, the year following the eatih of the father, the
great panic camr upon th Republic and the studied invest-
ments of the widow were carried away on the swelling tide
of misfortune, leaving the family in circuasttances, from# a
