William Abraham "Snake" King intro

W.A. King

The King Family

The Snake King personalized check from the Manuel and Steven Saul King collection

1930 Snakeville entrance

Snakeville Wild Animal Farm (Palm Village Shopping Center today) from 1949 Fire Sanborn map

W.A. Snake King letterhead

During the Depression era W.A.King Jr. spent time handling lions for promoters of these "events" 

1914 January – Brownsville’s Mid-Winter Fair’s Snake Catching Contest – W.A. Snake King catching snake with hook and hand at Fort Brown near Infantry Barracks.