Dumas in Moore County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
Quanah Parker Trail
Texas Plains Trail Region
Photographed by Allen Lowrey, May 24, 2020
1. Quanah Parker Trail Marker
Comanche, Kiowa & Indians before them camped 6 miles SE of Dumas by springs that fed Big Blue Creek
Arrow sculptor: Charles A.Smith (Marker Number 84.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Indigenous Peoples and Communities.
Location. 35° 50.548′ N, 101° 58.342′ W. Marker is in Dumas, Texas, in Moore County. It is on East 19th Street, on the right. The marker is located at the southeast corner of East 19th Street and South Bliss Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Dumas TX 79029, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is on the Texas Panhandle. It is also on the American Great Plains, specifically on the Southern Plains, and specifically on the High 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 6 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Geological Riches of Moore County (within shouting distance of this marker); Site of Historic Drift Fence (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); City of Dumas (approx. 1.1 miles away); Moore County Courthouse (approx. 1.1 miles away); Moore County (approx. 5.7 miles away); Route of the Old Tascosa-Dodge City Trail (approx. 5.7 miles away).
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Photographed by Allen Lowrey, May 24, 2020
2. Quanah Parker Trail Marker
Photographed by Allen Lowrey, August 18, 2020
3. Quanah Parker Trail Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on August 22, 2020. It was originally submitted on May 24, 2020. This page has been viewed 862 times since then and 68 times this year. Last updated on August 22, 2020, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 24, 2020, by Allen Lowrey of Amarillo, Texas. 3. submitted on August 22, 2020, by Allen Lowrey of Amarillo, Texas. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
