Historical Marker

Fort Parker Memorial Park

Groesbeck · Limestone County · Dedicated 1963 · THC Atlas #5293002002

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About this site

Fort Parker Memorial Park is a historical marker in Groesbeck, Limestone County, dedicated in 1963. It is one of 67 historical markers documented in Limestone County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 187 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 31.5488, -96.5500 near Groesbeck. The nearest cataloged historic site is Kelly, Mrs. C. D. (ZADA Jane Sanders Kelly, 1881-1968) (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Bates, Seth H., Fort Parker, and Groesbeck Independent School District.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5293002002. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

Fort Parker Memorial Park, about two miles northwest of Groesbeck, is the oldest and most historic non-Native burial ground in Limestone County, begun in 1836 with the mass burial of five settlers killed in the attack on nearby Fort Parker. Known over the years as Union Burial Ground, Lewisville Cemetery, and Glenwood Cemetery, it later took its present name. In 1922 the Pioneer Monument was erected here, topped in 1932 by a statue of Silas and Lucy Parker and their daughter Cynthia Ann, who was captured in the 1836 raid and became the mother of Comanche chief Quanah Parker.

Sources: hmdb.org limestonechc.com

📍 31.5488, -96.5500 · Groesbeck, Limestone County

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