Migration Memorials - colony

Comanche Springs

makvnna@unc.edu — Mon, 19 Oct 2020 14:09:20 +0000

Description:

Site of Comanche Springs. Used as a watering place and camping ground by Indians since Pre-Columbian times, the Springs were possibly visited about 1536 by Spaniard Cabeza de Vaca on his wanderings through Texas. The expedition of Juan de Mendoza, with his party of Spaniards and Jumano Indians, camped near the waters in 1684. The six major, gushing springs and the beautiful river they formed resulted from water seeping up through geological faults to the earth's surface. The reservoir which supplied them was located in the formation known as "Trinity Sand." The Springs, among the largest in all Texas, were one of the few good watering places in this arid region. They supplied Indians raiding into Mexico on the nearby Comanche war trail and also gold seekers traveling to California on the southern route, 1849 and later. Butterfield Overland Mail stage stopped here as well, and after 1859 the Springs provided water for Fort Stockton, which was founded both to protect the mail and stop the Comanche raids. The Springs began to be tapped for irrigation as early as 1875, but today irrigation projects to the north and west have reduced the underground water supply so much that the Springs no longer flow

LocationMem:

Fort Stockton, TX

Institution:

State Historical Survey Committee

Official/Unofficial:

Official

Group Acknowledged:

Native Americans, Spaniards

Historical Subject:

Native Americans & Spanish Inquisition

Physical Aspects:

Black

Date of Dedication:

1968

Place Location:

Themes:

Native Americans

Spaniards

conquest

colony

tribes

Aboriginal Burial Site

alisu11@unc.edu — Sun, 18 Oct 2020 20:10:46 +0000

Description:

The burial site of aboriginal people was preserved by the efforts of local farmers. Then, in 1966 a small monument was eradicated by the Junior Farmers of Flinders Island for the sake of the memory of the indigenous people who died.

LocationMem:

Emita, Australia

Institution:

Private

Official/Unofficial:

official

Group Acknowledged:

Aboriginal People

Historical Subject:

Aboriginal People

Physical Aspects:

A burial site, mass grave, with a symbolic gravestone.

Date of Dedication:

1966

Place Location:

Files:

Themes:

colony

The Roanoke Voyages, Manteo

meryleve@unc.edu — Fri, 15 Feb 2019 05:01:11 +0000

Description:

The monument was unveiled in 1984 on the 400th anniversary of the lost colony's voyages. The granite marker sits in the town of Manteo, NC and is engraved with the history of the Roanoke counties and early English colonization.

LocationMem:

Manteo, NC

Institution:

North Carolina government and Town of Manteo

Official/Unofficial:

Official

Group Acknowledged:

Roanoke colonies

Historical Subject:

The monument commemorates the Roanoke colonies settling on North Carolina, led by Sir Walter Raleigh from Plymouth, England in 1584. Forming the first English village in America, the settlement disappeared between 1587 and 1590 and was labeled "The Lost Colony."

Physical Aspects:

Located in Dare county in the historic waterfront of Manteo on Queen Elizabeth Street, NC; five feet tall granite marker; inscribed rose compass emblem at the top with the dates of the Roanoke voyages, followed by inscription Roanoke Colonies history

Date of Dedication:

July/1984

Place Location:

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Themes: