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Podcast: Texas Standard » Stories from Texas
Episode: Quanah Parker: A Mother’s Day Story
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Quanah Parker was the most feared of the Comanche chiefs on the Texas frontier. He was half white and half Comanche. He was taller and stronger and faster and more clever than any other chief of his time.
The fact that he never lost a battle to soldiers who relentlessly pursued him …
The fact that he was a ghost on the high plains and disappeared into thin air, even as he was chased in the bright Panhandle sun …
The fact that he was devastatingly handsome and could have graced the cover of one of t...