Description: Medicine Mounds Ranch is a 20,000-acre cattle and hunting ranch in Hardeman County, Texas, just outside the town of Quanah, with associated lodgings and eateries in restored historic buildings in town.
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A cattle and hunting ranch in Hardeman County, Texas, just outside the town of Quanah, together with associated lodgings and eateries in restored historic buildings in town.
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As you drive west on Highway 287 between Vernon and Quanah, four hills rise south of the road. These ancient eroded hills, or the "Medicine Mounds," have been landmarks for generation after generation of human inhabitants of the region. The Comanches who traveled this area in the 17th to 19th centuries relied on them as a source for healing plants, mineral waters, and as a place for vision quests. According to historian Bill Neeley, "Medicine Mounds have continued to be venerated like a Grandmother whose he