R. Dick Bussell
(1845-1935)

Died aged c. 90

Commemorated on 2 plaques

Texas Historical Marker #02076

Frye-Puryear Home. Built 1884. Native stone, windows and lumber hauled 200 miles south from Dodge City, by Henry Frye, 1877 settler who had bought land of buffalo hunter and dugout dweller Dick Bussell. Had first wood floors in county. Mail came out from Mobeetie to Frye Post Office here, 1897-1909. (1964) #2076

CR 22, 1.5 miles from SH 152, Wheeler, TX, United States where they lived

Texas Historical Marker #04147

R. Dick Bussell. (1845-1935) Famed hunter, in 1870s killed buffalo on this square; was one of the first men to hunt commercially. Came to Texas in 1874. In 1887, helped to survey the townsite here, where he became lifelong resident, operating a livery stable and wagon yard. Is buried in local cemetery. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1967. #4147

Main at 5th St., Canadian, TX, United States where they killed buffalo (1874-1879), surveyed (1887), and lived near (1887-1935)