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Medicine Mounds Ranch
Medicine Mounds Ranch is a privately-owned cattle ranch including over 20,000 acres in Hardeman County, including the historic Medicine Mounds. It is located about 12 miles southeast of Quanah, Texas. The ranch considers itself a steward of the native flora and fauna, focusing on wildlife management. It also offers facility rentals for corporate retreats, managed hunts, and so forth, and has just started hosting public events. The ranch store in Quanah offers a full range of hunting supplies.
The team behind the ranch has also restored several historic buildings in downtown Quanah, Texas, providing lodging and restaurant space. Guests to the area, whether a couple, large family, or large group, can enjoy Quanah in a sparkling clean, freshly renovated Airbnb rental.
Preserving History and Wildlife
The ranch was founded by Frank Bufkin along with his wife and children in 2012 as a family-owned and operated cattle ranch. It has turned out to be so much more than that over the years. The history of the area intrigued Mr. Bufkin enough to want to help preserve what he could. This has grown to include preserving downtown Quanah by reclaiming and restoring many of the historic buildings. The restoration efforts can be enjoyed by the public through Airbnb vacation rentals, restaurants, and more. He works closely with city officials and residents to revitalize the community and stimulate the economy through tourism events.
Things to Do and Explore
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Medicine Mounds Ranch
Medicine Mounds Ranch is a privately-owned cattle ranch that encompasses just over 20,000 acres in Hardeman County, including the historic Medicine Mounds. The ranch management includes 420 head of Black Angus with R.A. Brown genetics. Medicine Mounds Ranch is located about 12 miles SE of Quanah, Texas.
Medicine Mounds Ranch includes a number of buildings, bunkhouses, pens, barns, and other facilities that may be available for reservation and rental. We can accommodate any size group and welcome those looking for managed hunts, corporate retreats, family reunions, or those looking into the historical attributes of this area. For more detailed information about reserving your group, click here.
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Hunting and Fishing
Medicine Mounds Ranch offers a wide variety of wildlife for hunting and fishing. Guided hunts can be set up for large species such as whitetail deer and mule deer, as well as for birds, including dove, quail, sandhill crane, and several species of ducks. In addition, eight tanks are stocked with various fish, including Tiger Bass.
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Medicine Mounds – Distinctive Topography and Wildlife
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. The Medicine Mounds, located on a privately-owned ranch, are a series of four dolomite mounds standing as high as 1700 feet in an otherwise flat landscape. Due to natural springs providing water, native Americans sheltered, worshipped, and gathered indigenous medicinal plants here. Because of this unique environment, the Comanche Nation believed these mounds to be sacred. They would gather for vision quests and to communicate with nature and the spirit world. That tradition is still honored today as Native Americans return annually to the mounds at Medicine Mounds Ranch to seek spiritual guidance.
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Historical Town of Medicine Mound
Near the ranch is the ghost town of Medicine Mound and the Stermer homestead. The rock buildings in these photos are in Medicine Mound, while the frame building and implements are on the Stermer homestead.
The Downtown Medicine Mound Museum preserves the history of the town and its pioneer families.
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Medicine Mounds Ranch Store
Medicine Mounds Ranch Store in Quanah offers hunting, fishing, and farm supplies.
You can purchase your hunting and fishing licenses at the store, as well as ammo and archery supplies. We sell Mission brand bows, crossbows from Ten Point and Wicked Ridge, and provide full service bow repair and maintenance. We also offer a wide variety of other items, including game cameras, scent block, decoys, Therma cell, lures, rods and reels, live bait, camo gear, deer corn, and bulk feed. We offer everything an outdoorsman could need for hunting and fishing supplies, minus firearms.
We are a Double Down dealer and a Martindale dealer. Let us help you with your animals’ needs as well as your wildlife needs. Contact us about custom ordering feed.
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Places to Stay
Whether at the ranch or at our reclaimed and renovated historical building locations in downtown Quanah, Texas you’ll find accommodations for any size group or purpose.
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Places to Eat
The Medicine Mounds Ranch has several associated restaurants located in historic downtown Quanah and in the area. With each location offering a different experience, you’ll be sure to find what you are looking for in dining, entertainment, and nutrition!