Anderson County, Texas
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Anderson County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. Located within East Texas, its county seat is Palestine. As of the 2020 United States census, its population was 57,922. Anderson County compris
The Anderson County Courthouse in Palestine
Farm to Market Road 315 north of Palestine, Anderson County, Texas, USA (April 2017)
Cynthia Ann Parker
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Cynthia Ann Parker, Naduah, Narua, or Preloch, was an American woman who was kidnapped around age nine by a Comanche band during the Fort Parker massacre in 1836, where several of her relatives were k
Anderson County, Texas
…Fort Houston, which had been erected in Anderson County in 1835 as protection against Indians. Some early residents of Anderson County were related to Cynthia Ann Parker, who was among the captives. In October 1838, Gen. Thomas Jefferson Rusk conducted a raid against hostile Indians at Kickapoo, near Frankston. This…
Cynthia Ann Parker, or Narua (Was Found), and daughter, Topsannah (Prairie Flower), in 1861
Tintype of Cynthia Ann Parker, 1861
Chief Quanah Parker clasping a peyote feather fan
Cynthia's grave