Comanche Lookout Park

Comanche Lookout Park. . , Background Information of Comanche Lookout Park , The Comanche Lookout is the forth highest point in the Bexar County of 1034 ft. In the earlier years the hill was probably used as a lookout to catch game that was watering around the Cibolo Creek. At the base of the Comanche Lookout is a trail that is nearly three hundred years old. It was known to the Spanish missionaries and early settlers as the "El Camino Real" or "King's Highway", but a portion is now called the Nacogdoches Road. The lookout got its name from the inhabiting tribe of American Indians around the hills, which were the Comanche Indians. Due to raids by the Comanche to passersby the Presidio in San Antonio made the hill a Divisadero to watch out for bands of Comanche. In 1848 the deeds of ownership of the Lookout then belonged to our second president of the Republic of Texas, Mirabeau Lamar. Due to some problems, Mr. Lamar sold the land to Mr. Gustav Rech, in which then Mrs. Van Autry, his great granddaughter then inherited it from him. In 1923, 100 acres were then sold to Mr. Edward C. Coppock, in which then we get the old stone tower and two walls at Comanche Lookout. This was a "U" shaped castle which was torn down by more recent real estate people. Then it was sold to other people until in 1990 when public interest in making the Lookout eventually caused it to be preserved as a park. For more information on the history of this park, please contact the Parks and Recreation Department at 207-8480., Eagle Scout Project by Prakash Phillip-Alamo Area Council Boy Scouts of America