Site of Comanche Springs
Spring Dr. at Rooney Park, Fort Stockton, TX, USA
Texas, USA
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION at Site of Comanche Springs.
The Texas Historical Commission Atlas records this marker as in situ at the listed location. It remains part of the state marker inventory; the placement description and coordinates in this row follow the current official Atlas record and should be field-verified before publication.
About Site of Comanche Springs
Comanche Springs served as a watering place and camping ground for Indigenous peoples since pre-Columbian times, later visited by Spanish travelers including Juan de Mendoza's 1684 expedition. The springs supplied Comanche raiders into Mexico, California-bound gold seekers after 1849, and the Butterfield Overland Mail stage line. After 1859 they watered Fort Stockton, founded to protect travelers and curb Comanche raids.
HISTORY HAPPENED HERE at Site of Comanche Springs
Used as a watering place and camping ground by Indians since Pre-Columbian times, the Springs were possibly visited about 1536 by Spaniard Cabeza de Vaca on his wanderings through Texas. The expedition of Juan de Mendoza, with his party of Spaniards and Jumano Indians, camped near the waters in 1684. The six major, gushing springs and the beautiful river they formed resulted from water seeping up through geological faults to the earth's surface. The reservoir which supplied them was located in the formation known as "Trinity Sand." The Springs, among the largest in all Texas, were one of the few good watering places in this arid region. They supplied Indians raiding into Mexico on the nearby Comanche war trail and also gold seekers traveling to California on the southern route, 1849 and later. Butterfield Overland Mail stage stopped here as well, and after 1859 the Springs provided water for Fort Stockton, which was founded both to protect the mail and stop the Comanche raids. The Springs began to be tapped for irrigation as early as 1875, but today irrigation projects to the north and west have reduced the underground water supply so much that the Springs no longer flow. Source: https://atlas.thc.texas.gov/Details/5371004757
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