Big Spring
						        This impressive body of water on the plains of West Texas served as a staging area for the widely scattered Comanche bands as they gathered for raids into Mexico and along the Texas frontier.
						       
						     
						   
						    
						    
						        Castle Mountain/King Mountain
						       
						     
						   
						    
						    
						        Horsehead Crossing, Pecos River
						       
						     
						   
						    
						    
						        Barton, Deep Eddy, Cold, Santa Monica Springs
						       
						     
						   
						    
						    
						        This region became a forward staging area for Comanche raids in Northern Mexico
						       
						     
						   
						    
						    
						        Comanches staged their raids into northeastern Mexico from the region between the Rio Grande and the Nueces
						       
						     
						   
						    
						    
						        Important Comanche raiding site
						       
						     
						   
 
The Comanches had a deep understanding of their country.  Besides the rivers of Texas, they knew where there was reliable water in the long spaces between these valleys, and made use of easily recognizable high point to navigate their way into Mexico and along the Texas frontier.  They also used the strategic locations as observation posts and signal stations when confronting their enemies.