Smith reveals 13-year search for remains of 1871 Battle of Blanco Canyon casualty—and it’s not where anyone expected

COMANCHERO RENDEZVOUS 2026
  • INVESTIGATORTODD SMITH (left) isn’t presuming to give orders to reenactor T. G. Caraway during last Saturday’s Comanchero Rendezvous program—he’s demonstrating the dress and armament of a U.S. army soldier circa 1871, the key focus of his recent archeological explorations. MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 5 | CAPROCK COURIER
    INVESTIGATORTODD SMITH (left) isn’t presuming to give orders to reenactor T. G. Caraway during last Saturday’s Comanchero Rendezvous program—he’s demonstrating the dress and armament of a U.S. army soldier circa 1871, the key focus of his recent archeological explorations. MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 5 | CAPROCK COURIER
  • Smith reveals 13-year search for remains of 1871 Battle of Blanco Canyon casualty—and it’s not where anyone expected
    Smith reveals 13-year search for remains of 1871 Battle of Blanco Canyon casualty—and it’s not where anyone expected
  • Smith reveals 13-year search for remains of 1871 Battle of Blanco Canyon casualty—and it’s not where anyone expected
    Smith reveals 13-year search for remains of 1871 Battle of Blanco Canyon casualty—and it’s not where anyone expected
  • Smith reveals 13-year search for remains of 1871 Battle of Blanco Canyon casualty—and it’s not where anyone expected
    Smith reveals 13-year search for remains of 1871 Battle of Blanco Canyon casualty—and it’s not where anyone expected
    Since its founding in 2013, the volunteer-run Comanchero Canyons Museum in Quitaque, Texas, has set an ambitious agenda to preserve and interpret the distinctive culture of trade across the Llano Estacado. Each year their leaders have organized a Rendezvous—in the spirit of those early-day traders—to bring diverse peoples together to exchange knowledge and enjoy an alfresco...

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