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Lubbock in Lubbock 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, March 10, 2021
1. Quanah Parker Trail Marker
Inscription.

Nomadic Indians gathered for food plants native to Yellow House Canyon
hackberry · plum · grape · cactus fruit

Arrow Sculptor: Charles A. Smith (Marker Number 39.)
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Indigenous Peoples and Communities.
 
Location. 33° 35.124′ N, 101° 49.455′ W. Marker is in Lubbock, Texas, in Lubbock County. It can be reached from Canyon Lake Drive north of East Broadway, on the right when traveling north. From E Broadway turn north on Canyon Lake drive for 150 feet and turn east through the gates of the FiberMax Center of Discovery. The marker and arrow will be on the right. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Lubbock TX 79401, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Texas’ South Plains. 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
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once New Spain, the Comancherνa, the Republic of Texas, and one of the Confederate States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: General Ranald Slidell Mackenzie (approx. 0.4 miles away); Forks of the Brazos (approx. half a mile away); Yellowhouse Canyon (approx. 0.8 miles away); Lubbock's First Cotton Gin (approx. 0.8 miles away); New Hope Baptist Church (approx. 0.9 miles away); Willie Lusk Jr. (approx. one mile away); Mount Gilead Baptist Church (approx. one mile away); Prairie Dog Town (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lubbock.
 
Quanah Parker Trail Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Allen Lowrey, March 10, 2021
2. Quanah Parker Trail Marker
Quanah Parker Trail Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Allen Lowrey, March 10, 2021
3. Quanah Parker Trail Marker
Quanah Parker Trail Marker 39 image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Allen Lowrey, May 24, 2021
4. Quanah Parker Trail Marker 39
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 24, 2021. It was originally submitted on March 13, 2021, by Allen Lowrey of Amarillo, Texas. This page has been viewed 737 times since then and 64 times this year. Last updated on May 24, 2021, by Allen Lowrey of Amarillo, Texas. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on March 13, 2021, by Allen Lowrey of Amarillo, Texas.   4. submitted on May 24, 2021, by Allen Lowrey of Amarillo, Texas. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
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