Trip to Comanche Land

[mlynn]

Greetings all. I recently returned from a trip to Santa Fe where I explored the mountains, pueblos and art studios surrounding the city. ON the way I planned a route that enabled me to explore the territories where the Comanche Indians were known to be found. I have been reading up on this tribe as part of my study of the history of Texas. I passed through the reservation in OK and went in a zig zag fashion to appreciate the canyons, cliffs and raw landscape that were associated with the Comanches. The Comanches were expert horse warriors who could "disappear" in the cliffs and etc. in orders to evade their enemies or the white man military. Anyway, it gave me an appreciation for the connection of the terrain and the warring battle styles. The whole experience showed me why the Comanches were so hard to catch and why traditional tactics of the army would not be very effective. As I have stated before, I love to study up on a piece of history and then visit the site(s) where that piece of history took place. This makes written words spring alive to me. So the whole trip was fun and informative.



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[quincannon]

Now you need to go to Waco and visit the Texas Ranger Museum, and further your studies on just how effective the Rangers were operating in small groups against the Comanche, and then come to grips with the proven solution that to beat an irregular force, you do not adapt your tactics, you adopt their tactics and become better at them then they are.

You should I would think be well advised to contact Colt for his insights, as that part of Tejas was once home turf for him

I would also welcome any Texas news regarding the upgrading and expansion of Alamo Plaza. There was a small blurb in our newspaper yesterday concerning plan currently underway, but very short on details. It said something about rebuilding the original plaza walls. Can't see how they could ever do that without tearing down the main U S Post Office in SA to conform to the original footprint. Not concerned about the structures on the west side though as they are generally a waste of bricks and mortar

[Beth]

QC, if we don't have a thread for the Alamo I will start one, but in the mean time here is a link www.thealamo.org/alamomasterplan/index.html

Mary, I also like to read first, visit and then read again-though I have to admit sometimes my interest the history of an event or place are triggered first with the visit.  Whenever we have relocated, the first thing I do is hit the bookstore for local history books.  It may sound weird because I do not believe in ghosts but the first books I pick up are ghost stories because they tell a lot about the local culture and even subculture.

[quincannon]

Damn, that's first rate. Just don't tear down the Menger Hotel. The brunch on Sunday is great, and the bar is where Teddy recruited the Rough Riders.