Indian Marker Tree

Indian Marker Tree

This live oak tree got its shape from the Comanches, who would mark desirable territories by bending a sapling to the ground and pinning it, to show where to camp. Often the Comanches would camp along Hamilton Creek, which was prized for its water quality, pecan trees, and the abundance of flint for arrowheads. The Native Americans would set up their teepees for a night and then depart the next morning, often without settlers being aware that the Comanches had been there.

Although the Comanches and the settlers had many hostile encounters, the Comanches had many trails throughout Texas and would spend summers in the Panhandle region of Texas and winters in Mexico. This tree marks one of the trails on their migration, and is listed in Famous Trees of Texas.