| Marker Number |
5549 |
| Atlas Number |
5045005549 |
| Marker Title |
Trading Area of Jose Tafoya and other Comancheros |
| Index Entry |
Comancheros |
| Address |
SH 86 |
| City |
Quitaque |
| County |
Briscoe |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
303823 |
| UTM Northing |
3808806 |
| Subject Codes |
trading posts, Hispanic topics; Native Americans; military topics |
| Marker Year |
1969 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
SH 86 roadside park, E side 5.4 mi. NW of Quitaque. Marker reported missing Jan. 2008. |
| Private Property |
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| Marker Condition |
|
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
In Quitaque area, Comancheros (peddlers in Comanche domain) from New Mexico traded flour and other goods to Indians. The barter (begun in 1700's) reached peak in 1864-1868, when Apaches, Comanches and Kiowas rustled horses and thousands of cattle "down in Texas", to use in trades. Jose Tafoya, who had wagons as well as pack mules, sold guns to Indians until U.S. Army caught and threatened to hang him in 1874 unless he enlisted as a frontier scout. There were many other Comancheros. Tafoya is an example of one who helped rid Texas of Indian marauders. (1969) |
