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O'Donnell in Lynn County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
 

Quanah Parker Trail

 
 
Quanah Parker Trail Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Allen Lowrey, May 25, 2021
1. Quanah Parker Trail Marker
Inscription.

Comanches traveling f/w on Tahoka Lake Trail camped in the canyons east of present-day O'Donnell.
Arrow sculptor: Charles A. Smith (Marker Number 22.)
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Indigenous Peoples and Communities.
 
Location. 32° 58.776′ N, 101° 49.769′ W. Marker is in O'Donnell, Texas, in Lynn County. It is on U.S. 87 one mile south of County Highway 36, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Odonnell TX 79351, United States of America. Touch for directions.

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

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 13 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The A. J. Warren Building
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(approx. one mile away); a different marker also named Quanah Parker Trail (approx. one mile away); O'Donnell (approx. one mile away); New Moore Community (approx. 12.1 miles away); Lynn County Courthouse (approx. 13 miles away); Lynn County (approx. 13 miles away); a different marker also named Lynn County Courthouse (approx. 13 miles away); Tahoka (approx. 13.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in O'Donnell.
 
Quanah Parker Trail Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Allen Lowrey, May 25, 2021
2. Quanah Parker Trail Marker
Quanah Parker Trail Marker 22 image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Allen Lowrey, May 25, 2021
3. Quanah Parker Trail Marker 22
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 29, 2021. It was originally submitted on May 28, 2021, by Allen Lowrey of Amarillo, Texas. This page has been viewed 385 times since then and 37 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on May 28, 2021, by Allen Lowrey of Amarillo, Texas. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
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