Quanah Parker - Memorials and Honors

Memorials and Honors

• 1970, Star House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Built 1890 34°40′08″N 98°38′56″W / 34.66889°N 98.648815°W / 34.66889; -98.648815 (Star House built circa 1890)

Relocation 1958 34°38′04″N 98°38′30″W / 34.634461°N 98.64175°W / 34.634461; -98.64175 (Relocation of Star House 1958)

• An exhibit describes Parker and the Second Battle of Adobe Walls at the Hutchinson County Historical Museum in Borger, Texas.

Several places and buildings were named after him:

• Quanah, Texas, county seat of Hardeman County. The Quanah Parker Inn is located on U.S. Highway 287. At the founding of Quanah, Parker made this blessing:

"May the Great Spirit smile on your little town, May the rain fall in season, and in the warmth of the sunshine after the rain, May the earth yield bountifully, May peace and contentment be with you and your children forever."

• Nocona, Texas, was named after Quanah Parker's father, Comanche chief Peta Nocona.
• 1962, Parker Hall, a residence hall at Oklahoma State University.
• Parker Hall, a residence hall at Southwestern Oklahoma State University.
• The Quanah Parker Trailway (State Highway 62) in Southern Oklahoma.
• Quanah Parker Trail, a small residential street on the northeast side of Norman, Oklahoma.
• In Fort Worth, along the banks of the Trinity River, is Quanah Parker Park.
• The Quanah, Acme and Pacific Railway, which originated in Texas in 1902 and was later merged with the Burlington Northern Railroad in 1981.
• A Bank Robbery (1908), western short movie
• America's Great Indian Leaders (1994), documentary video