our history: THE PARKER FAMILY
disappeared
the
Part 2
Cynthia Ann Parker’s odd and tragic
life on the vast, rolling plains of
North Texas
STORY & PHOTOS BY MEL W RHODES
AUGUST 2015
PA R K E R C O U N T Y T O D AY
L
ucy Duty Parker
looked on helplessly
as the Comanches
stealing her children kicked
their fleet-footed mounts
into a mad dash for the tree
line.
It had been an out-of-body
experience, really, lifting
first daughter Cynthia Ann,
9, then son John, 6, onto
the backs of nervous Indian
ponies.
Cynthia Ann Parker
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