Comanche Peak was a prominent Indian and pioneer landmark. Actually a mesa, it rises 1,229 feet above sea level. It may have had ceremonial value for local tribes or served as a lookout point for game and enemies, and a Comanche trail crossed the county in this vicinity. In 1846, whites and Indians en route to the so-called peak for a meeting almost failed to find it because of its flat top. Later, settlers held dances there, students from Add-Ran College about 10 miles north had picnics at the peak, and boys hunted wolves and rattlesnakes among the caves and rocks on the top.