Yellowhouse Canyon
N 33° 35.567 W 101° 50.130
14S E 236862 N 3720610
The state historical marker for Yellowhouse Canyon, at MacKenzie Park in Lubbock
Waymark Code: WM10X53
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 07/04/2019
Views: 5
This gray granite 1936 state centennial historical marker stands in MacKenzie Park, near the Joyland Amusement Park.
Marker Number: 14862
Marker Text:
Known to Spanish explorers of the 17th and 18th centuries - Described by Albert Pike who visited the region in 1832 - The last battle in Lubbock County between white buffalo hunters and the red men who had called the Plains their own occurred on this site in 1877
Erected by the State of Texas
1936
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