Quanah Parker is pictured in 1892 in his bedroom at Star House near Cache, Okla. On his left is a painting of his mother, Cynthia Ann, and his sister, Prairie Flower.

Cynthia Ann Parker is the most famous Indian captive in American history. Quanah Parker, son of Cynthia Ann Parker, in full headdress. He was a Comanche chief. She was born in Illinois, around ...

Cynthia Ann Parker was nine when a Comanche snatched her from her East Texas home in 1836. Yet throughout her life as her captor's wife she remained strong, brave, and devoted to her husband and ...

Through her oldest son, Quanah Parker, Cynthia Ann Parker left hundreds of descendants. Her story is well known. Cynthia Ann was taken by and adopted into the Comanche tribe in 1836, when she was ...

Once upon a time everybody in Texas knew the story of Cynthia Ann Parker. They learned it along with the stories of the Alamo and Spindletop and the lyrics to “Get Along Little Dogies.” Not so ...

Marybeth Little Weston, 1927-2015, grew up in the right place and the right time to be captivated by the story of Cynthia Ann Parker. That place was Wichita Falls. The book is "The Comanche with ...

As a child, Cynthia Ann was kidnapped by Comanche raiders and raised as a Comanche. She later married Peta Nocona, the chief who gained fame for his raids on white settlements. They had 3 children ...

Cynthia Ann and Quanah Parker are important names in U.S. frontier history, promoters say, adding that much can be learned from the dramatic story of these individuals. In 1836, a Comanche raiding ...

The “Quanah Parker Exhibit: One Man, Two Worlds” includes 45 rarely seen images of Quanah, his mother, Cynthia Ann Parker, the Comanche and others. Vanesa Brashier.

The Texas Lakes Trail Program is sponsoring a traveling photographic exhibit featuring rarely seen images of Comanche Chief Quanah Parker and his mother Cynthia Ann Parker. The exhibit is coming ...

Through her oldest son, Quanah Parker, Cynthia Ann Parker left hundreds of descendants. Her story is well known. Cynthia Ann was taken by and adopted into the Comanche tribe in 1836, when she was ...