From the Vaults: My Enemy/My Niece

Sorting the facts from the legend in 'The Searchers'

"...his young niece Debbie, who has been kidnapped by Comanches shortly after the end of the Civil War. It's..."

March 29, 2013 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Blessed Deliverance

The Borderland, Bud Shrake's Latest Tall Tale

"...Colorado River village of Austin, where roving bands of Comanches are camped out just beyond the banks of Shoal..."

March 31, 2000 Books Feature by Dick Holland

Texas in Bold, Dark Strokes

Artist/Historian Jack Jackson

"...historical figures Quanah Parker, the last chief of the Comanches (Comanche Moon), a Mexican-American hero of the Texas revolution..."

Nov. 15, 1996 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Day Trips

San Luis de Las Amarillas Presidio once stood on the world stage as Spain's most remote outpost against French expansion into Middle America

"...was to put the Spanish between them and the Comanches...."

Jan. 20, 2006 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

Quanah Parker walked the stony road from nomadic Plains Indian to successful cattle rancher

"...Indian to successful cattle rancher. The era of the Comanches' claim to the western half of Texas came to..."

May 13, 2005 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips: Seminole Indian Scouts Cemetery, Brackettville

Remembering Black Seminole heroes outside of Brackettville

"...and Pvts. Pompey Factor and Isaac Payne – confronted Comanches herding stolen horses near the Rio Grande. Outnumbered, the..."

Jan. 31, 2020 Column by Gerald E. McCleod

Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History

For the Comanche history novice, this is an entertaining and easy-to-read starting point, but not a very intellectually strenuous one

"...Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American Historyby S.C...."

Oct. 1, 2010 Books Review by Ed Baker

Day Trips

The Holy City of the Wichitas has hosted the 'Prince of Peace Passion Play' every Easter season since 1926

"...President McKinley set the land aside in 1901. The Comanches called it "The Big Pasture." President Theodore Roosevelt renamed..."

April 7, 2006 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

The historic Army forts around Central Texas and beyond.

"...John O. Meusebach signed a peace treaty with the Comanches that was honored by both sides...."

May 11, 2001 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

day trips

"...the road crossed territory claimed by the Apaches and Comanches who considered any use of their land as an..."

June 13, 1997 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Big Wonderful Thing: A History of Texas Lives Up to Its Title

Stephen Harrigan chronicles the Lone Star State’s last 500 years

"...of Texas. Here are the Karankawas, the Caddos, the Comanches, the Kiowas, the Apaches, the Jumanos, and other indigenous..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Past, Present, and Future of Waller and Shoal Creeks

Finally doing right by Austin's waterways

"...less than Plano). From approximately the time of the Comanches, we've complained that we spend too little on parks..."

Nov. 30, 2018 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Son Rises With Philipp Meyer

Austin author on adapting his award-winning novel for AMC

"...McCulloughs: Eli (Pierce Brosnan), whose family is killed by Comanches and who spends three years with the tribe before..."

April 7, 2017 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Jennifer Sherburn's Riverside

With her new site-specific dance Riverside, choreographer Jennifer Sherburn says, "Come on in, the water's fine!"

"...learning a little more about the history here, from Comanches to cedar choppers to folks who live here today,"..."

Sept. 9, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Memorial Day Weekend Visit to Taylor Cafe

90-year-old WW II vet Vencil Mares still smoking meats in Taylor

"...the site of a major Indian battle with the Comanches in 1839, and in 1876 became a railhead situated..."

June 5, 2014 Food Post by Mick Vann

This Terrible Moment

'All the Way' playwright Robert Schenkkan and its LBJ, Bryan Cranston, on JFK's assassination

"...he's in a Hill Country cabin under attack from Comanches. Schenkkan chose that scene to launch his take on..."

Nov. 22, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Searching for Cynthia Ann

Glenn Frankel's new book untangles the true story behind 'The Searchers'

"...different from what they expected. And the way the Comanches deal with her, too. In The Searchers, this whole..."

Feb. 15, 2013 Screens Feature by Amy Gentry

Day Trips

NatureFest in Bastrop's Fisherman's Park will celebrate the opening of Wilbarger Paddling Trail on Sept. 27

"...current site of Austin when they were attacked by Comanches. Two of the party were killed and two escaped...."

Sept. 19, 2008 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

The Comanche Empire

This hugely important volume is not intended to be the end-all of Comanche histories but rather a starting point

"...Hämäläinen shows that the Comanches' borders were strictly enforced for two centuries by very..."

June 20, 2008 Books Review by Ed Baker

Day Trips

Fort Leaton State Historic Site stands as a stark reminder of the rugged life of the pioneers on the Texas frontier

"...Grande. In order to fuel their trading economy, the Comanches relied on pillaging Northern Mexico to supplement their herds..."

June 20, 2008 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

The New Texas History Movies

Jack Jackson's final project is both a continuation of his acclaimed and realistic historical comics and a reinterpretation of a comic strip that inspired him as a boy

"...Bahamas and closes with the final defeat of the Comanches and the building of the state Capitol. In between,..."

May 4, 2007 Books Review by Ryan Rutherford

Searching for Once Upon a Time

Why Monument Valley – again part of the Netflix / Alamo Drafthouse Rolling Roadshow this summer – is such a magnetic place for me

"...quest to find his niece, who was captured by Comanches as a little girl. Although the story takes place..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Page Two: Loss Upon Loss

Legendary cartoonist, historian, and Texan Jack Jackson passes on

"...Cynthia Ann Parker, a white child kidnapped by the Comanches, and her son, Quanah Parker; Los Tejanos was about..."

June 16, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...the politically correct mythical Aztlan. I believe that the Comanches, Lipan, and other tribes might have something to say..."

Nov. 25, 2005 Column

Historical Errors in Minutemen Piece

"...the politically correct mythical Aztlan. I believe that the Comanches, Lipan, and other tribes might have something to say..."

Nov. 17, 2005 Postmarks

Day Trips

Abilene State Park is an oasis in the parched, red-dirt prairie

"...stand of trees for thousands of years. The Tonkawas, Comanches, and other Indian tribes camped here while they waited..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

"...exasperating detail of trying to control roving bands of Comanches who preyed on travelers heading to the California gold..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Both Sides Now

Jack Jackson remembers the Alamo

"...of Cynthia Parker, her son Quanah Parker, and Texas' Comanches. It continued with Los Tejanos, about Juan Seguin and..."

Oct. 11, 2002 Books Feature by Margaret Moser

Who Owns the Ancestors?

Excavations near Victoria promise a scientific gold mine, but possible objections from Native American leaders leave the project's fate uncertain.

"...contacting only Jimmy Arterberry, Historic Preservation Officer for the Comanches. "The Comanche Nation has a repatriation policy," Arterberry said...."

Feb. 8, 2002 News Feature by Lee Nichols

History Repeats

A writer and his artist aunt explore cave paintings and see more than just writing on the wall.

"...famous Buffalo Soldiers in campaigns against the Apaches and Comanches during the late 1800s. A stone wall built by..."

Aug. 17, 2001 Features Feature by Eli Kooris

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