Jayton in Kent County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Quanah Parker Trail

Texas Plains Trail Region

Photographed by Mark Hilton, July 7, 2017

1. Quanah Parker Trail Marker

Inscription.
Comanches traveled trails in Kent
Co., NE to Croton Salt, S to Old
Mexico and to evade U.S. Cavalry.

Arrow sculptor: Charles A. Smith

Erected 2013.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Indigenous Peoples and Communities.

Location. 33° 15.492′ N, 100° 34.505′ W. Marker is in Jayton, Texas, in Kent County. It is on North Main Street (Texas Route 70) south of Farm to Market Road 1228, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1443 North Main Street, Jayton TX 79528, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Big Country.

It is also on the American Great Plains

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and specifically on the Southern Plains.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Republic of Texas,

and one of the Confederate States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 4 other markers are within 12 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Double Mountain Salt Works (approx. 0.7 miles away); Kent County (approx. 0.7 miles away); First National Bank Building (approx. ¾ mile away); Putoff Canyon (approx. 2.4 miles away).

Another marker is no longer nearby. Old Kent County Jail (was approx. 12 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Regarding Quanah Parker Trail. The

Photographed by Mark Hilton, July 7, 2017

2. Quanah Parker Trail Marker

giant arrow sculptures stand 22-feet in height, created courtesy of sculptor and cotton farmer Charles A. Smith of New Home, Texas. The arrows have stylized markings in red, yellow and blue, signifying the colors of the Comanche Nations war shield. The steel wires forming the upper feathers of the sculpture are known to produce a whistle in the wind.

Also see . . .
1. Wikipedia article on Quanah Parker. (Submitted on July 9, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)
2. The Quanah Parker Trail website. (Submitted on July 9, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)

Quanah Parker Trail Marker looking north on Texas Highway 70. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, July 7, 2017

3. Quanah Parker Trail Marker looking north on Texas Highway 70.

Quanah Parker was a Comanche war leader of the Quahadi ("Antelope") band of the Comanche people. image. Click for full size.

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4. Quanah Parker was a Comanche war leader of the Quahadi ("Antelope") band of the Comanche people.

Credits. This page was last revised on July 9, 2017. It was originally submitted on July 9, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 949 times since then and 58 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on July 9, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.