Snow was originally a small community located amid the timber lands of the Kiamichi Mountains.

Teachers during the community's early days were not required to possess formal education degrees conferred by universities; some were only high school graduates.

Built from a pattern book created by the Oklahoma Department of Education, Snow School was initially a two-room structure.

The Works Progress Administration, a Great Depression-era federal government agency, was responsible for its construction.

Other notable WPA school buildings were built in Antlers, Clayton, Fewell, Kellond, Jumbo, Moyers, and Rattan.