Tower Hill is a prominent landmark some five miles south of Sterling City, Texas. Local residents have long known of and wondered about the origins of man-made piles of rocks on top of this hill. With no known oral or written history, lore developed that this might have represented a forgotten fort of some kind. The mystique of Tower Hill increased when a burial of what was thought to be a Comanche chief was found in a hidden cave at the base of the hill, along with a number of accompanying artifacts. This article will describe research that reveals the route of the Comanche War Trail between two well known locations on this trail — Big Spring on the Colorado River and Horseshoe Crossing of the Pecos River. Tower Hill was a favorite campsite along this trail, used by raiders as they went to and from Mexico, and for their families who often remained for months at locations like Tower Hill while their men wreaked havoc in Mexico.
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