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Photographer: Richard Denney
Taken: April 17, 2014
Caption:
Springs in the Sand Dunes | Additional Description: Photo shows how water forms springs in the sand dunes. Comanches, whose Comanche Trail passed through the dunes, were aware of the springs. Captain Marcy's Comanche guide, Manuel, in 1849, escorted Marcy through the dunes via Willow Springs, a campsite utilized by the Comanche. See more Gelo, Daniel J. "Comanche Land and Ever Has Been": A Native Geography of the Nineteenth-Century Comancherķa." The Southwestern Historical Quarterly 103.3 (2000). High resolution photo; Click to read.
Submitted: April 28, 2014, by Richard Denney of Austin, Texas.
Database Locator Identification Number: p271793
File Size: 2.462 Megabytes
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