The Lands of the Comanche

Indian / Western History Collected by Gary Hendershott

From 1779-1850, the Comanche Nation operated a hugely successful empire, disrupting European imperialists in a massive swath of central North America.

A military campaign launched by the Army in 1874 to remove the Comanche, Kiowa, Southern Cheyenne, and Arapaho Indian tribes from the Southern Plains.

Cynthia Ann Parker remained with her Comanche abductors, marrying and bearing children - including the future Comanche commander Quanah.

This text covers the history of the Panhandle region of the state of Texas from prehistory through 1978. The chapters are organized chronologically and include segments devoted to the first towns, historically significant persons, and other events in the area along with photographs, maps, and other illustrations.

1838 ist das Grenzgebiet zur Comancheria ein einziges Schlachtfeld. Bei einem blutigen Zusammentreffen zwischen Siedlern und einer kleinen Gruppe Comanchen werden eine junge Frau und drei kleine Kinder gefangengenommen.

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria Historic old Fort Parker is on Park Road 35 just off Hwy 14 between Groesbeck & Mexia in Limestone county. A bit of history in your own back yard. Old Fort Parker is a great place to allow your children to view the old west […]

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria Twenty-five thousand Texans volunteered to fight for the Confederacy by the end of 1861. Two-thirds of them were cavalry; as a British observer noted, "No Texan walks a yard if he can help it." The first order of business was protecting the Comanche frontier. Relatively […]

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria The Comanche called themselves "The People." Others usually referred to them as their enemies, "Those who always fight us." A single generation of warriors at the turn of the eighteenth century managed to acquire and master not just the horse, but the art of horse […]

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria The Frontier Army Museum Fort Leavenworth Kansas. The original collection began in 1939 when the wagon shop at Fort Leavenworth closed and the horse-drawn vehicles were relocated and called the "Old Rolling Wheels Museum". In 1960, the Museum was officially recognized as an Army Museum […]

After the invasion of the Comancheria in 1847, at Palo Duro Canyon, the Comanche’s economy suffered drastically. Being crippled by malnutrition and poverty the bands moved towards the reservations where some would stay, others would find themselves heading towards Fort Sill. Those Indians would be striped of everything by the US military and given a new life. Noyes, Stanley. Los Comanches the Horse People, 1751-1845. Albuquerque [N.M.: University of New Mexico, 1993. Print.