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Yellowhouse Canyon

Lubbock, Lubbock County

Marker Text

Known to Spanish explorers of the 17th and 18th centuries - Described by Albert Pike who visited the region in 1832 - The last battle in Lubbock County between white buffalo hunters and the red men who had called the plains their own occurred on this site in 1877 Erected by the State of Texas 1936

Marker Details

Address Cesar E. Chavez Dr.
Location Description Mackenzie Park, Cesar E. Chavez Dr. southeast of I-27 service road, east side of the road near Canyon Run Dog Park
Marker # 14862
Dedicated 1936
Size, Type 1936 Texas Centennial
Code
Latitude, Longitude 33.592752, -101.83553

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