Details for Roaring Spring

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5507014215

Data

Marker Number 14215
Atlas Number 5507014215
Marker Title Roaring Spring
Index Entry Roaring Spring
Address FM 3203
City Roaring Springs
County Motley
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 327453
UTM Northing 3747391
Subject Codes water topics
Marker Year 1936
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location off FM 3203, W of SH 70, southwest of Roaring Springs
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 1936 Texas Centennial
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