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Site of Old Park Named for Comanche Chief Katemcy

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Katemcy, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 3° 5' 38.242600000008", -99° 13' 12.15852999996"
 
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     Helped make 1847 treaty with settlers. Katemcy and peace party said to have camped in present park. At first Old Settlers Reunion here (1925) Herman Lehmann, raised by Indians, showed ritual killing of animal with a longbow. Settlers gave the land to state for use as park. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1967

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Site of Old Park Named for Comanche Chief Katemcy Historical Marker Location Map, Texas