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Home New Mexico Guadalupe County Tucumcari Historical Markers Comanche Country
     

Comanche Country

S. Mountain Rd., Tucumcari, NM, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 35° 8' 3.2964", -103° 41' 56.994"
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By 1700 the Comanches had acquired horses and began moving into this area. They drove out the Jicarilla Apaches, and their raids on New Mexico's eastern frontier posed a threat to Indian, Spanish, and Anglo settlements for over a century. They were finally defeated by the U.S. Army in 1874.



Last updated: 10/12/2009 22:46:41
   
     
 
Comanche Country Historical Marker Location Map, Tucumcari, New Mexico