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Group of hills in Texas, US
Medicine Mounds
Medicine Mounds is located in TexasMedicine MoundsMedicine Mounds
Highest point
Elevation522 m (1,713 ft)
Coordinates34°11′15″N 99°37′25″W / 34.1875817°N 99.6237023°W / 34.1875817; -99.6237023
Naming
EtymologyThe Comanche placed medicinal plants at the peaks as offerings to spirits living at the peaks.
Geography
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyHardeman

The Medicine Mounds are a group of four hills, located in Hardeman County, Texas, United States. The four hills are Big Mound (1,713 feet (522 m)), Cedar Mound (1,650 feet (500 m)), Third Mound (1,610 feet (490 m)) and Little Mound (1,580 feet (480 m)). The Comanche believed spirits lived on the peaks, and placed medicinal plants at the peaks as offerings.

The Medicine Mounds are the namesake for Medicine Mound, Texas.

References

  1. "Geographic Names Information System". edits.nationalmap.gov. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
  2. Wallace, Ernest; Hoebel, Edward Adamson (1986). The Comanches: Lords of the South Plains. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 978-0-8061-2040-9.
  3. ^ Association, Texas State Historical. "Medicine Mounds". Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
Municipalities and communities of Hardeman County, Texas, United States
County seat: Quanah
Cities
Hardeman County map
Unincorporated communities
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