Museum hosts Quanah Parker photo exhibit

The Saints’ Roost Museum invites the public to view “The Cynthia Ann & Quanah Parker Exhibit: A Woman of Two Worlds and A Man in Two Worlds,” a traveling exhibit of rarely seen photos.

The photo exhibit, on loan from the Texas Lakes Trail Region, will be on display through September at the Museum, which is open Tuesday-Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Much can be learned from the dramatic story of these two courageous individuals. In 1836, a Comanche raiding party took Cynthia Ann from her family. Over the following years, she became a wife to a Comanche chief and mother to their children, including Quanah. After Cynthia Ann was taken back by Texas Rangers, Quanah became one of the most important Comanche leaders both in war and peace.

The photo exhibit tells this story of the lives of these two persons caught between two different worlds. The Lakes Trail Region views this traveling exhibit as a way to educate visitors about their lives.

The presentation of the Cynthia Ann and Quanah Parker photo exhibit at the Saints’ Roost Museum was made possible in part with a grant from Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.