Marker Inscription
A Barred, Bristling flying wedge--the Comanches--Rode into 18th century Texas, driving the Wichitas and Caddoes East, the Apaches West, becoming lords of the south plains. Harassed the Spanish and Anglo-Americans along frontier from Corpus Christi on the Gulf up to the Red River. Wrote their name in blood clear down to Zacatecas, Mexico. Captured women, children and horses along their road of blood, tears and agony. Many roads converged into the great Comanche war trail, which passed about 20 miles southeast of this marker.
About this site
Comanche War Trail is a historical marker in Odessa, Ector County, dedicated in 1964. It is one of 37 historical markers documented in Ector County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 39 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 31.8828, -102.2980 near Odessa. The nearest cataloged historic site is Henderson, Homer Robert (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Ector County, Emmet V. Headlee, M.D., and Buffalo Wallow, Old.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5135000996. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
