The fascinating tale of Cynthia Ann Parker and her son, Quanah, the last Comanche chief, will be presented as part of an exhibit and program series at Booth Library on the Eastern Illinois ...

Parker had two sons and a daughter with the man she married, her captor Chief Peta Nocona. Of sons Pecos and Quanah and daughter Prairie Flower, Quanah grew to be a historical figure in his own right.

Object Details Author Kissinger, Rosemary K Subject Parker, Quanah 1845?-1911 Notes Native Americans in fiction: a guide to 765 books for librarians and teachers K-9 Summary ...

Born to Comanche horse culture in 1845 to a Chief of the Naconi Band and a mother, Cynthia Parker, who’d been captured as a girl by a raiding party in Texas. Quanah hunted the huge bison herds.

The blond-haired, blue-eyed little girl was raised by the Comanche and went on to become the mother of famed war chief Quanah Parker . The route to that destiny traversed a great distance.

Quanah Parker on horseback. The Comanche leader killed the lone U.S. soldier lost in the Battle of Blanco Canyon.© Photo courtesy Jack Becker, through public domain.

Brownfield, Plainview, Seminole, Snyder, and Jayton, all have this legendary arrow, which signifies a spot on the Quanah Parker trail. There are 52 arrows across the Panhandle and Plains. Each place ...

Comanche people were constant visitors, much to Kate's dismay, and George befriended Quanah Parker. On Feb. 20, 1902, George and Kate's son was born in that cabin.

Quanah is a native of Oklahoma and a great granddaughter of Comanche Chief Quanah Parker. She was very proud of her Native American heritage. Being a loving supportive mother was her first priority.

He was fascinated by the story of Quanah Parker and the Comanche leader's impact on Oklahoma. And when Parker's house was in danger of being torn down, it was Woesner who rescued it.

Through her oldest son, Quanah Parker, Cynthia Ann Parker left hundreds of descendants. Her story is well known. Cynthia Ann was taken by and adopted into the Comanche tribe in 1836, when she was ...