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Memphis in Hall County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
 

Quanah Parker Trail

Texas Plains Trail Region

 
 
Quanah Parker Trail Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Allen Lowrey, July 12, 2020
1. Quanah Parker Trail Marker
Inscription.

Quanah Parker and Comanches used Field's Crossing over Prairie Dog Town Fork of Red River by Memphis

Arrow sculptor: Charles A. Smith
 
Erected 2012. (Marker Number 46.)
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Indigenous Peoples and Communities.
 
Location. 34° 43.22′ N, 100° 31.838′ W. Marker is in Memphis, Texas, in Hall County. It is on Highway 287, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Memphis TX 79245, 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 Comancherνa, 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 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Hall County (approx.
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Ό mile away); Hall County Courthouse (approx. 0.4 miles away); a different marker also named Hall County (approx. half a mile away); First Presbyterian Church of Memphis (approx. 0.6 miles away); Old Fairview Cemetery (approx. Ύ mile away); George Marece Berry (approx. 1.4 miles away); Newlin Cemetery (approx. 9.4 miles away); Shoe Bar Ranch Headquarters (approx. 9½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Memphis.
 
Also see . . .  Quanah Parker Trail website about the Arrow Monument installation. (Submitted on July 12, 2020.)
 
Quanah Parker Trail Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Allen Lowrey, July 12, 2020
2. Quanah Parker Trail Marker
Quanah Parker Trail Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Allen Lowrey, July 12, 2020
3. Quanah Parker Trail Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on July 13, 2020. It was originally submitted on July 12, 2020, by Allen Lowrey of Amarillo, Texas. This page has been viewed 469 times since then and 57 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on July 12, 2020, by Allen Lowrey of Amarillo, Texas. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
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