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In 1868, the Snyder Brothers cattle enterprise began gathering herds and moving the cattle overland to northern markets. In 1869, John Wesley Snyder headed a drive from Llano County in the Texas Hill Country via the Chisholm Trail to Abilene, [[Kansas]]. In 1870, he took a herd to Schuyler in Colfax County,  in eastern [[Nebraska]].  In 1878, he began a nine-year management of the John Wesley Iliff estate in [[Colorado]] and also invested in rangelands in [[Wyoming]]. After the 1887 [[blizzard]] on the [[Great Plains]], the Snyder brothers focused their efforts on their Texas holdings, including the Renderbrook operation in Mitchell County near Colorado City, Texas  as well as vast acreages in Lamb and Hockley counties about Littlefield and Levelland, respectively. By 1891, they had sold these lands and moved their families to Georgetown, where John Wesley constructed a house which still stands. There they operated their San Gabriel horse farm.<ref name=handbook/> In November 1892, the Snyders formed the Texas Livestock Association. The two were business partners throughout their adult lives.<ref name=hope/>

In 1868, the Snyder Brothers cattle enterprise began gathering herds and moving the cattle overland to northern markets. In 1869, John Wesley Snyder headed a drive from Llano County in the Texas Hill Country via the Chisholm Trail to Abilene, [[Kansas]]. In 1870, he took a herd to Schuyler in Colfax County,  in eastern [[Nebraska]].  In 1878, he began a nine-year management of the John Wesley Iliff estate in [[Colorado]] and also invested in rangelands in [[Wyoming]]. After the 1887 [[blizzard]] on the [[Great Plains]], the Snyder brothers focused their efforts on their Texas holdings, including the Renderbrook operation in Mitchell County near Colorado City, Texas  as well as vast acreages in Lamb and Hockley counties about Littlefield and Levelland, respectively. By 1891, they had sold these lands and moved their families to Georgetown, where John Wesley constructed a house which still stands. There they operated their San Gabriel horse farm.<ref name=handbook/> In November 1892, the Snyders formed the Texas Livestock Association. The two were business partners throughout their adult lives.<ref name=hope/>

 

According to manuscripts at the [[University of Texas at Austin]], Dudley Snyder also operated large cattle ranches in Cooke, Stonewall, and Hartley counties, one of which encompassed 130,000 acres. He was a builder of the short-line railroad from Granger in Williamson County to Austin which was subsequently purchased by the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railway Company. He died at his home in Georgetown in 1921, a year before the passing of his younger brother John Wesley.<ref name=atwell/>​

According to manuscripts at the [[University of Texas at Austin]], Dudley Snyder also operated large cattle ranches in Cooke, Stonewall, and Hartley counties, one of which encompassed 130,000 acres. He was a builder of the short-line railroad from Granger in Williamson County to Austin which was subsequently purchased by the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railway Company. He died at his home in Georgetown in 1921, a year before the passing of his younger brother John Wesley.<ref name=atwell/>​