Take a stand with an arrow to honor Quanah Parker

  • A QUANAH CUTOUT stands next to a Quanah Parker Trail arrow at Wayside, Texas, near to the trail where 150 years ago, on September 28, 1874, in the Battle of Palo Duro Canyon, Col. Ranald S. Mackenzie and the 4th Cavalry descended to the canyon floor and ambushed Comanche, Kiowa and Cheyenne bands seeking refuge there from the converging U.S. forces trying to force them onto reservations —but Quanah with his band of Kwahada were elsewhere. | TEXAS PLAINS TRAIL REGION
    A QUANAH CUTOUT stands next to a Quanah Parker Trail arrow at Wayside, Texas, near to the trail where 150 years ago, on September 28, 1874, in the Battle of Palo Duro Canyon, Col. Ranald S. Mackenzie and the 4th Cavalry descended to the canyon floor and ambushed Comanche, Kiowa and Cheyenne bands seeking refuge there from the converging U.S. forces trying to force them onto reservations —but Quanah with his band of Kwahada were elsewhere. | TEXAS PLAINS TRAIL REGION
    Mark Saturday, Sept. 14, on your calendar with an arrow. It’s Quanah Parker Day.By a 2019 resolution of the Texas Senate, the second Saturday in September is a day to remember the great Comanche leader and the people who once were Lords of the Plains.Across the 52-county Texas Plains Trail Region tall steel roadside arrows mark the Quanah Parker Trail — not a ...

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