Historical Marker

Sam Wood Cabin

Historical marker location:
4th Ave and SH 217, Canyon, Texas
( located at Panhandle-Plains Museum, in Canyon, Randall County)
Marker installed: 1966

Sam Wood cabin built in 1887 at Hog Town (now a ghost town). Wood, an Indian Scout, Union veteran of Civil War, buffalo hunter, was father of bride in first marriage recorded in the Panhandle, at Fort Elliott in 1877.

Cabin housed (6) families during an Indian scare; in 1954 it was moved, restored.

Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1966.