J. Wright Mooar
American hunter
About J. Wright Mooar
Lived 1851 – 1940 (aged 88). J. Wright Mooar was an American.
J. Wright Mooar (born August 10, 1851, in Vermont, d. May 1, 1940 in Snyder, Texas) 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.
J. Wright and John later became cattle ranchers, ranching in Scurry County and Mitchell County, Texas until 1905.
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Who was J. Wright Mooar?
American hunter
When was J. Wright Mooar born?
J. Wright Mooar was born on 10 August 1851 in Pownal.
When did J. Wright Mooar die?
J. Wright Mooar died on 1 May 1940 in Snyder.
What nationality was J. Wright Mooar?
J. Wright Mooar was American.
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