Quanah Parker, Texas State Fair Route Day Badge, Plus RPPC

Lot 366

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American History, Featuring the Property of N. Flayderman & Co. by Cowan's Auctions

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Lot Description

Lot of 2, featuring 1.75 in. dia. cello badge featuring portrait of Comanche Chief Quanah Parker, with Quanah Route Day below, attached to a silk ribbon with imprint, Crosbyton, Texas 1910, overall length including cello 4 in. This badge was undoubtedly worn by an attendee of the Texas State Fair in October 1910, when Quanah Parker and his family were the featured guests for "Quanah Route Day." Accompanied by real photo postcard of the legendary Comanche chief.

Born in Wichita Falls, TX to noted war chief, Peta Nocona and Cynthia Ann Parker, a well-known captive and convert to the Indian way of life, Quanah grew to become the last great Comanche chief who often navigated between two worlds. He led an unsuccessful attack against white expansion in northwest Texas (1874–75) as an act of defiance to move his people to a reservation, but later persuaded other Comanche bands to conform and move to a reservation in southwestern Oklahoma. He became a successful business man by amassing $40,000 worth of stock in the Quanah, Acme and Pacific Railway and made powerful friends such as Teddy Roosevelt. Yet, he refused to cut his braids, convert to Christianity, and remain monogamous. He died in 1911 of an unknown illness while visiting the Cheyenne Reservation.

Condition

Badge, silk ribbon with some wear, fraying at bottom, few stains.
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