| Copper Breaks State Park consists of 1898.8 acres, 12 miles south of Quanah or nine miles north of Crowell, in Hardeman County. The park was acquired by purchase from a private owner in 1970 under the State Parks Bond Program & was opened in 1974.
History: Prior to the arrival of early settlers, this region was the realm of the Comanche & Kiowa tribes. It remained so until the pressures of a new civilization forced the Indian onto reservations in nearby Oklahoma. Near the present park area, Cynthia Ann Parker was recaptured from a band of Comanche Indians & subsequently reunited with her relatives. Cynthia Ann had been captured as a small child by a raiding party near Mexia & grew up among the Indians. Her son, Quanah Parker, was to become the last great war chief of the Comanche nation. After being reunited with her relatives, Cynthia Ann Parker did not adjust well to the ways of the settlers & longed for the free life style of the Comanche. She died in a relatively-short period. Medicine Mounds, located ten miles east of the park on private lands, were important ceremonial sites of Comanche Indians. The famous Pease River Battle Site, in which Cynthia Ann Parker was recovered from Comanches in 1860, is located three miles east of the park.
Activities: Activities include camping, picnicking, boating, fishing, mountain biking, swimming, wildlife viewing, backpacking, kite flying, summer educational/interpretive programs, horseback riding (horse rental not available), astronomy, & natural & historical exhibits. A portion of the official Texas longhorn herd is maintained at the park. |
Copper Breaks State Park Campground Web Site
Driving Direction GPS Coordinates:
34.112294, -99.743046
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Campground: Copper Breaks State Park in Quanah Texas *