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Roaring Spring

Roaring Springs, Motley County

Marker Text

From prehistoric days a favorite Indian camp ground * The main camp of the Comanche Indians in December, 1860 when Cynthia Ann Parker was recaptured from them near Medicine Mound in Foard County * Famed for the purity of its water * Tradition tells of corn ground in the holes in the sand stones north of this site Erected by the State of Texas 1936

Marker Details

Address FM 3203
Location Description off FM 3203, W of SH 70, southwest of Roaring Springs
Marker # 14215
Dedicated 1936
Size, Type 1936 Texas Centennial
Code water topics
Latitude, Longitude 33.852721, -100.865108

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