J. Wright Mooar
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J. Wright Mooar was an American buffalo (bison) hunter
. By the age of twenty, Mooar was hunting buffalo in Kansas, first for meat, and later for hides which he sent to his brother John Mooar
in New York. John later quit his job and joined J. Wright in Kansas, forming a partnership in 1872.
Mooar is known for having killed a rare white buffalo
at Deep Creek, Scurry County in 1876, as his crew was on a hunting expedition from Fort Griffin
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J. Wright and John later became cattle ranchers, ranching in Scurry County and Mitchell County, Texas until 1905.
Bison hunting
Buffalo hunting was an activity fundamental to the Plains Indian tribes of the United States, which was later adopted by American professional hunters, leading to the near-extinction of the species.- Native hunting :...
. By the age of twenty, Mooar was hunting buffalo in Kansas, first for meat, and later for hides which he sent to his brother John Mooar
John Mooar
John Wesley Mooar was, along with his brother Josiah Wright Mooar one of the major buffalo hunters in the United States prior to the animal's near extinction in 1883...
in New York. John later quit his job and joined J. Wright in Kansas, forming a partnership in 1872.
Mooar is known for having killed a rare white buffalo
White buffalo
White buffalo are American bison that are considered to be sacred signs in several Native American religions, and thus have great spiritual importance in those cultures and are visited for prayer and other religious ceremonies...
at Deep Creek, Scurry County in 1876, as his crew was on a hunting expedition from Fort Griffin
Fort Griffin
Fort Griffin was a Cavalry fort established in the late 1860s in the northern part of West Texas, specifically northwestern Shackelford County, to give settlers protection from early Comanche and Kiowa raids...
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J. Wright and John later became cattle ranchers, ranching in Scurry County and Mitchell County, Texas until 1905.