Silverton in Briscoe County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Quanah Parker Trail

Texas Plains Trail Region

Photographed by Allen Lowrey, June 20, 2020

1. Quanah Parker Trail Marker

Inscription.

Comanches & their allies skirmished with Col. R.S. Mackenzie's 4th Cavalry West of Silverton, Sept. 26-27, 1874

Arrow Sculptor: Charles A.Smith

Erected 2011. (Marker Number 50.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Wars, US Indian.

Location. 34° 28.465′ N, 101° 18.841′ W. Marker is in Silverton, Texas, in Briscoe County. It is on TX 86, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Silverton TX 79257, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on the Texas Panhandle.

It is also on the American Great Plains

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 Comanchería,

the Dust Bowl,

the Republic of Texas,

and one of the Confederate States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured

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as the crow flies: First Baptist Church of Silverton (approx. 0.4 miles away); First Methodist Church of Silverton (approx. half a mile away); Pleasant Lafayette Crawford House (approx. half a mile away); Miner Crawford (approx. 0.6 miles away); Briscoe County (approx. 0.6 miles away); Briscoe County Jail (approx. 0.6 miles away); William Moten Vaughan (approx. 1.7 miles away); Site of Celtic Post Office (approx. 7.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Silverton.

Photographed by Allen Lowrey, June 20, 2020

2. Quanah Parker Trail Marker

Photographed by Allen Lowrey, June 20, 2020

3. Quanah Parker Trail Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 21, 2020. It was originally submitted on June 21, 2020, by Allen Lowrey of Amarillo, Texas. This page has been viewed 668 times since then and 49 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 21, 2020, by Allen Lowrey of Amarillo, Texas. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.