This notable geographical region once served many purposes for the Comanche Indians. They used it as a burial ground, as well a point of lookout for both the threatening coming of the pioneers or other danger, and for useful materials such as water and buffalo. It is also the pride and joy of the present-day citizens of Santa Anna, who are very protective of it.
 
 
 
 
 

The town of Santa Anna was named many years ago after a Chief Santana, of the Comanche Indians*. Recently, a stone carving of Chief Santana has been recovered from Arkansas, where it was taken in 1965 when Santa Anna Silica Sand closed. The carving was done on a one-hundred foot long stretch of ledge, or caprock, near the top of the four-hundred foot high Santa Anna Mountain. The sand company often worked near the ledge, and soon the rock loosened. Before it broke completely off the company decided, in order to preserve it, to separate the rock from the ledge and move it to stand in front of the office of the plant.

Now that the stone is back home again, the Santa Anna Historical Development Organization struggles to uncover the mystery of who carved it and when it was carved. Meanwhile, they have contacted the Texas Archaeological Association to ask for advice on how to keep the rock in top condition, and also to hopefully determine the age of the carving.
 

*The actual tribe that Chief Santana belonged to is debateable. Most likely it was the Comanches; however, the Kiowas were known to visit the area quite often, and many sources claim that he belonged to that particular tribe, perhaps even under the name "Santanta."