1. Jacob Snively was a surveyor, civil engineer, officer of the Texian Army and the Army of the Republic of Texas, California 49er, miner, and Arizona pioneer.
10 Facts About Jacob Snively
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Jacob Snively was born in Greencastle, Pennsylvania along with his twin brother David.
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Jacob Snively's family moved soon afterwards to Hamilton County, Ohio.
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Jacob Snively moved to Nacogdoches, Texas, Republic of Mexico in April, 1835 where he was a surveyor of land grants for the Mexican government and received his own land in July, 1835.
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In January 1843 Snively proposed an operation to intercept a train of Mexican traders who would be returning from Missouri on the Santa Fe Trail by way of Texas territory and to seize their goods.
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Jacob Snively was given authorization on February 16,1843, but instructed not to violate the sovereignty of the United States.
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Jacob Snively was to raise and command a detachment of partisans not officially connected to Texas.
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Jacob Snively subsequently was involved in the discovery of the silver-lead ore of the Castle Dome silver mine in the Castle Dome Mountains to the north of Gila City.
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From 1866 Jacob Snively's affairs prospered with the success of the Castle Dome mine and as he made and lost small fortunes in New Mexico and Nevada ventures.
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On March 27,1871, Jacob Snively was with a group that left from his home, in what is Phoenix, to prospect in the direction of Wickenburg, Arizona, when his group was attacked by an estimated 150 Apache at the White Picacho.