[Mexia, Texas: Confederate Reunion Grounds and Comanche Chief Quanah Parker]

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This film is unedited television footage regarding events and sites in Mexia, Texas. The film covers: the the Confederate Reunion Grounds, now a Texas Historical Landmark; recreational activity on the Navasota River; and the legend of Quanah Parker. The first segment of video shows the Confederate Reunion Grounds, which were established in 1889. Tom Fisher, who is the Park Manager of the Confederate Reunion Grounds State Historical Park and the Park Manager of Fort Parker State Historical Park, explains the historical reenactments and mock Civil War battles that are held at the Reunion Grounds. The Historical Marker, cannon, pavilion, and … continued below

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1 video (82 min., 7 sec.) : sd., col.

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  • Main Title: [Mexia, Texas: Confederate Reunion Grounds and Comanche Chief Quanah Parker]
  • Added Title: Mexia, TX

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This film is unedited television footage regarding events and sites in Mexia, Texas. The film covers: the the Confederate Reunion Grounds, now a Texas Historical Landmark; recreational activity on the Navasota River; and the legend of Quanah Parker.

The first segment of video shows the Confederate Reunion Grounds, which were established in 1889. Tom Fisher, who is the Park Manager of the Confederate Reunion Grounds State Historical Park and the Park Manager of Fort Parker State Historical Park, explains the historical reenactments and mock Civil War battles that are held at the Reunion Grounds. The Historical Marker, cannon, pavilion, and Miss Mamie Kennedy's 1914 Confederate Flirtation Walk trail are shown.

In the next segment of the video, people fish, use paddleboats, motorboats, and innertubes on the Navasota River. There are intermittent scenes of oil pumpjacks and barrel-racing horseback riders.

The last section of the film shows Fort Parker, black and white photographs of the town of Mexia, and an interview with Jan Harrison, who explains the legend of Cynthia Ann Parker and the Comanche chief, Quanah Parker.

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1 video (82 min., 7 sec.) : sd., col.

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Test pattern images at 00:00:00-00:00:32 and 00:02:39-00:03:20, while recorded audio continues.
The program for which the films of the Texas Historical Television Footage collection were shot is not accessible, but the nature of the collection’s footage suggests it was intended for a public television show.

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  • Dec. 13, 2011, 3:26 p.m.

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  • April 16, 2012, 1:56 p.m.

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[Mexia, Texas: Confederate Reunion Grounds and Comanche Chief Quanah Parker], video, Date Unknown; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth194017/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Media Library.

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