Tonkawa

The Kamakawa lived along portions of the Gulf Coast.

Tonkawa groups occupied and traveled throughout areas further inland.

Wichita peoples lived and hunted further north.

And beyond the settlements were Comanche-controlled regions whose political and military power could not simply be ignored.

The area is known for its indigenous roots as well.

Not only home to groups like the Caddo, Tonkawa, and Plains Apache, but later other groups that were sent there as part of the government's Indian Removal Act of eighteen thirty, serving as the ending point of the infamous Trail of Tears.

This land is known for its mountain ranges, canyons, mesas, prairie lands, shrublands, lakes, and rivers, bolstering more than ten distinct ecological regions.

Home to the first parking meter back in nineteen thirty-five, home to the first shopping cart in nineteen thirty-seven, and home to the longest drivable stretch of the world-famous Route sixty-six.