Medicine Mound Depot

1910

Photographed by Bill Kirchner

1. Medicine Mound Depot Marker

Inscription. Built by Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Railway as passenger and freight station, in area where Chief Quanah Parker's Comanches prayed and rolled in gypsum, believing it was healing dust. Later, Santa Fe Station. Site of holdups and shooting. Has bullet holes, but escaped a 1935 fire that burned entire town. Retired from use, 1959; was moved via Highway 287 to its present site.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark

Erected 1964 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 3312.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Railroads & Streetcars. A significant historical year for this entry is 1935.

Location. Marker is missing. It was located near 34° 17.14′ N, 99° 43.333′ W. Marker was in Quanah, Texas, in Hardeman County. It was on East 11th Street, on the right when traveling east. The marker was on the wall just outside the entrance to Depot Restaurant. Touch for map. Marker was at or near this postal address: 1802 US-287, Quanah TX 79252, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker was in Big Country.

It was also on the American Great Plains

and specifically on the Southern Plains.

Globally, it was in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it found 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 2 miles of this location, measured as the crow flies: First Presbyterian Church of Quanah (approx. 1.2 miles away); Quanah Commercial Historic District (approx. 1.3 miles away); Hardeman County Courthouse

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(approx. 1.3 miles away); Quanah Parker (approx. 1.3 miles away); Quanah Parker Trail (approx. 1.4 miles away); Quanah, Acme and Pacific Depot (approx. 1.4 miles away); Trinity Church of Quanah (approx. 1.4 miles away); Hardeman County Jail (approx. 1½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Quanah.

<i>location of </i>Medicine Mound Depot Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, June 8, 2017

2. location of Medicine Mound Depot Marker

Medicine Mound Depot image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, June 8, 2017

3. Medicine Mound Depot

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, June 8, 2017

4. Medicine Mound Depot Marker

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, June 8, 2017

5. Medicine Mound Depot

Credits. This page was last revised on July 14, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 1, 2017, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. This page has been viewed 1,603 times since then and 103 times this year. Last updated on July 13, 2023, by Allen Lowrey of Amarillo, Texas. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on July 1, 2017, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.