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Fort Parker
Memorial Cemetery
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Historical Marker:
Fort Parker
Memorial Park
Site of the
grave of victims of the massacre at Fort
Parker by Comanche and Kiowa Indians on May 19, 1836, in which
Cynthia Ann Parker and others were captured.
The trunk of
the oak tree under which they were buried still stands, and the
grave is marked by a granite slab.
Also site of state monument to the pioneers erected in 1922 and
the graves of other old settlers and veterans of the Texas war for
independence.
Limestone County Historical Society
1963
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Fort Parker Memorial
Park Historical Marker
TE Photo, 2007 |
Fort
Parker Memorial Cemetery Statues
TE Photo, 2007 |
Fort
Parker Memorial Cemetery Statues
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Fort Parker Memorial
Cemetery statue base
TE Photo, 2007 |
Unknown grave
TE Photo, 2007 |
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