The Comanche Raid of Fort Parker Texas

The story of Fort Parker is one of the most interesting in Texas history. Join me as I tour this for the first time.
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[@williamscoggin1509]

If anyone is interested Cynthia and Parker's original burial spot is in a small cemetery on the back side of an open pasture just south of Poyner, Texas which is between Jacksonville and Athens. The original headstone is still there with a plaque that tells the information of her being moved around. Also while traveling Westward Reverend Daniel Parker and other family members pass through the Elkhart Texas area before heading on toward Mexia which Fort Parker is just outside of. Some of the Parker family Graves have historical markers and are located just outside of Elkhart at Pilgrim cemetery where there is also a replica of the original Church that Reverend Parker established before the family moved on. It is the first Protestant church that was built in Texas. I grew up about 2 miles down the road from the cemetery and I have a lot of relatives buried there including my parents. It is a pretty cemetery tucked away in East Texas and is pleasant to go visit if you are in the area. 🙂

[@verdant2215]

There is also a settler massacre cemetery just outside jacksonville as well. In Rusk there is a Native foot bridge that goes over a creek too.

[@lindajcope]

Thanks for posting this information. My husband always wanted to visit Ft. Parker. His mother was a Parker and he was told he had a blood connection to Quanah Parker. He had native American features and always wondered about it. He passed away in 2009 and never made it to Ft. Parker. Your videos are always so informative.

[@machinesofgod]

This was awesome! I'm a Californian, but very much appreciate Texas history. I even once found Quanah Parker's Star House (located near Texas-Oklahaoma border).

[@weswalker1208]

Another great video. Now I have have to go find Parker

[@CrossTimbersSon]

It’s fascinating that when the Parkers moved in, built the fort and settlement, the territory was still Mexico. The Mexican government encouraged settlement in order to create a buffer between them and the Comanche.

[@jennifergarrett6809]

Did you know that the Ft Worth Museum of Science and History has recently put on display the buffalo robe worn by Cynthia Ann when she was recaptured by the rangers?? There is an area dedicated to her and Quanah. I went to see it recently with a friend of mine who is a descent of Coho Smith. He was called in to speak with her since she spoke Comanche and Spanish. Definitely a interesting display.

[@williamscoggin1509]

Also the navasota River is known to have the cleanest river water in Texas because it has no large cities dumping into it like most of the other rivers. So if you do visit the area plan to do some fishing or swimming which is not advisable in some Rivers like the trinity that the headwaters start around Dallas and Fort Worth. 👍🏻

[@kimberlylay1005]

I love this channel!! He makes Texas History so interesting!!! Almost sad to see this ones over..Fort Parker on my bucket list ..

[@timwebber8630]

Thank you so much for covering this! 😀

[@SB-qm5wg]

TY!

[@allenbuck5589]

I enjoyed the video. Thanks from. Sc

[@T4nkcommander]

Recently read about this in "Indian Depredations in Texas", so was glad to see you put out a video on it! What is even more bizarre is we were about a mile away from the Fort today for a seminar....passed it on the way but didn't put two and two together. Shame Comanche Peak isnt available for visiting...lots of rich history there.

[@jamesbrownlow8587]

Always great videos!

[@ricardocarmona5210]

You represent every thing good about Texas.

[@danielshaw8049]

My Shaw ancestors were the first White people to settle in South Eastern Parker County, Texas. There's our history that my Great, Great, grandmother, Mother Kate, fought off Quannah Parker's commanches.

[@Objective-Observer]

Thank you, for the lovely tour. I would truly enjoy a series where you tour all the Texas Forts. Fort Chadbourne is remarkable, because it is 100% privately funded and provides both military and ranching history in that part of Texas. Fort Concho and Fort Martin Scott are both owned by cities and their governments work tirelessly to secure funding for them. Fort Davis is under the National Park Service. The Texas State Longhorn herd at Fort Griffin is a hoot. Fort Griffin made quite the splash a few years back when they set up cameras to document a bobcat family living in a derelict building that was cordoned off from the public. Fort Phantom Hill... is the civlian name attached to the 'Post at the Clear Fork of the Brazos [river]. I'm a living historian in the area, and have been to many of the forts, or visited with their living historians.

[@TxHornyToad]

Another great video. How do you get to visit all these sites with no other people around (except your kids)?

[@jacklope1]

Dude, get on Rumble. Love your channel.

[@tracybrown512]

Spent this last Spring at the State and Historic Ft Parker. Also went to the Confederate Reunion Park area. The whole area is worth a trip for a day or a weekend

[@bethbartlett5692]

An Excellent Documentary-Short on Ft Parker/the Parkers and sharing of Resources for more authentic information. Beth Bartlett Sociologist/Behavioralist and Historian

[@Stashley78]

Please zoom out more on your opening shots so we can see which region of Texas you're in. Thanks!

[@randalleasley31]

The woman I love was,adopted by two great people but her history goes back to .... To the Chomanche people, woman embrace your heritage!!!!

[@shannoncopley539]

I live in mexia. In the summer cotton mouths come out of the water by numbers out of the lake at fort parker.

[@weswalker1208]

I know you're a history buff are you interested Natural History? Have you been to Glen Rose dinosaur tracks?

[@secretsoftexas6872]

Yeah, love that area

[@T4nkcommander]

@@secretsoftexas6872 Comanche Peak is close by in Granbury. While you can't really get on the property, Texas's independence was announced to many Indian tribes there, and a first peace agreement was brokered as well.

[@philiproy6292]

There is a Parker family cemetery in Hurst Texas. Isaac duke parker lived there and donated the land for the cemetery. Have always been interested in this story.

[@golfbravowhiskey8669]

@5:05 that is a circa 1904-1905 Reeves cross compound US model steam engine. The cross compound was the Cadillac of the day. The cross Compound made it as we would call today double or dual efficient it had a power stroke coming and going so you had twice the efficiency. The date of that engine manufacture is due to its boiler design after about 1906 1907 a few more safety valves were added to the top of the boiler this one does not have it. So the old machine was already about 10 years old when the photo was taken.

[@JoJo-fm4tk]

There's an excellent book called Ride the wind about Cynthia Ann Parker and the last days of the Comanche. It was written by Marie St. Clair Robson.

[@fezcarstuff5851]

I’ve lived out here for about 6 years and got to visit old fort Parker as a field trip, it was pretty neat. Your kids will just find it boring tho

[@larry1824]

While the raid is ghastly i wonder why the gate was left open?

[@shirleybalinski4535]

Were there ever any other photos taken of Cynthia Anne after her recapture? All one ever sees is the one photo where she is nursing her daughter.

[@randygraf2474]

any thing on San Jacinto battleground? thanks.

[@AbnEngrDan]

I live on the land where the Army repatriated Cynthia Parker from the Comanche (near Crowell & Vernon, TX - not far from the Oklahoma border.

[@daviddelgado1894]

My family is from Illinois.

[@smcdaniel9241]

Palestine

[@nickaoke]

Is this the real fort?