Ranger, Texas, September 1, 2025 – A traveling exhibit from the Penatuhkah Comanche Trails Partnership, “Penatuhkah: 150 Years of the Comanche Empire in Texas,” will be available on the Ranger Campus from September 15 through October 27.
Funded by a grant from Humanities Texas, this exhibit documents the band of Comanches that dominated Texas for almost two hundred years. The Penatuhkah were the southernmost band of Comanche and were a formidable force in central Texas. This exhibit explores the history of the Penatuhkah in a 10-county area that was the homeland of the Comanche nation from about 1750 to 1875. Eastland County, and specifically, Rising Star, is a part of the Comanche route.
The goal of the Penatuhkah Comanche Trails Partnership is to create a tourism trail, with stops along the way highlighting significant episodes in Comanche history, creating heritage and ecotourism programs in the places where it happened. The Penetuhkah Comanche Trail Partnership project encourages the preservation of Comanche cultural sites in Texas. Each panel of the exhibit starts a new conversation and helps us understand the Penatuhkah.
