Quanah Parker and Cynthia Ann Parker Exhibit

Starting May 16 the Santa Anna Visitors center will host the Quanah and Cynthia Ann Parker Exhibit. The Exhibit will be on display May 16 through June 13. There are 43 seldom seen photographs that depicts the life and times of Quanah and his mother Cynthia Ann Parker and their 2 worlds. Cynthia Ann and Quanah Parker are two important names in U.S. frontier history. Much can to be learned from the dramatic story of these two courageous individuals. In 1836, a Comanche raiding party took Cynthia Ann from her family and over the following years, she became wife to a Comanche chief and mother to children, including Quanah. After Cynthia Ann was taken back by Texas Rangers, Quanah became one of the most important Comanche leaders both in war and peace. The Lakes Trail Program recognizes the importance of their life stories and is initiating this effort to tell both youths and adults about these two persons and about the many significant places in Texas and Oklahoma important to knowing about their lives. The Exhibit will be on display May 16 through June 13. The Visitors Centers hours for this event is Monday through Saturday 10am to 5 pm 715 Wallis Ave Santa Anna Texas Admission is by donation. The exhibit is sponsored by Texas Lakes Trails Saturday May 16 Santa Anna is Funtier Days Quanah Parker Burgess, great great grandson and Mandy Saldana, great great granddaughter of Quanah Parker are scheduled to be at the Santa Anna Visitors Center Also The Annual World Championship Bison cook off , Old West Texas Rangers will be happening on Funtier Days May 16..