About :: Comanchero Canyons Museum

Five counties of Swisher, Briscoe, Hall, Floyd, and Motley in the Panhandle of Texas.

The Comanchero Canyons Museum is a 501(c)(3) Texas nonprofit corporation organized to research and display artifacts and replicas depicting the history of the canyons and land surrounding them located in Briscoe, Floyd, Hall, Motley and Swisher counties prior to the 20th century.

This authentic carreta (cart) donated to the museum by Marisue Potts of Motley County, in memory of her husband, Ralph Powell, is on permanent display in the Comanchero Museum at Quitaque, Texas.

A primary objective of this effort is to educate the young people raised in this area about the richness of its past. Hopefully they will become good stewards, recognizing the necessity for preserving and promoting the beauty and natural resources unique to this area. That is what attracted the occupation of this particular place, beginning with prehistoric animals and culminating with the occupation by sheep and cattle raisers in the late 19th century.

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The Comanchero Canyons Museum is located at 200 South 3rd Street, Quitaque, Texas.