ROARING SPRING
From prehistoric days a favorite
Indian camp ground. The main
camp of the Comanche Indians in
December, 1860 when Cynthia Ann
Parker was recaptured from them
near Medicine Mound in Foard
County. Famed for the purity of
its water. Tradition tells of
corn ground in the holes in the
sand stones north of this site.
MONUMENT
ERECTED
1936
BY THE
STATE
OF
TEXAS
MONUMENT
TEXT
Mat Walker, long-time wagon boss for the Matador’s, takes time out to wash his saddle blanket in the Matador’s famous Roaring Springs. Matador Ranch, Texas. (Erwin E. Smith Collection, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas)
ROARING SPRING
AS IT APPEARS
TODAY
1907
Photograph
ROARING SPRINGS
AS IT APPEARS
TODAY
Matador
Roaring
Springs
Arrow
&
Monument Mark
Famous Spring
