QUANAH PARKER TRAIL
Quanah Parker Trail is a road trip guide compiled for the
Texas Plains Trail Region, a 52-county area that takes in both the Panhandle and the Plains of Texas. Every star on every road trip map represents a place with a real or legendary connection to
the famous chief, the Comanche or other Plains Indians.
Drive it if you can. Surf it if you can’t.
Something to keep in mind:
The story of Quanah Parker,
son of Comanche warrior Peta Nocona and
White captive-turned-Comanche Cynthia Ann Parker,
stretches far beyond this site in geographical scope and
in historical and cultural significance.
More meaningful than the miles Quanah traveled
is the distance he covered between disparate cultures
and the transition he made between different ages
in the history of the American West.
For better or worse, Quanah led his people
into the 20th Century.
