Local resident Ruth Sears will present a free lecture on Quanah Parker and the Comanche presence in North Texas at noon Oct. 9 in Rockwall.

The talk, part of the Rockwall County Historical Foundation's monthly Brown Bag Lecture Series, takes place in the third-floor courtroom of the Rockwall Historic Courthouse, 101 E. Rusk St., according to the Rockwall Herald-Banner. No RSVP is required.

Sears' lecture is titled "Quanah Parker and the Reign of the Comanches in North Texas." The foundation posted details on its Facebook page.

Parker was born around 1845, the son of Comanche war chief Peta Nocona and Cynthia Ann Parker, a white woman captured in a Comanche raid on Parker's Fort in 1836, according to the Texas State Historical Association's Handbook of Texas. He led the Quahada Comanche assault on Adobe Walls in 1874 during the Red River War.

After surrendering in 1875, Parker became the federally recognized principal chief of the Comanche Nation. The position had no precedent in Comanche tradition. He promoted schools on reservation lands, encouraged Comanche youth to learn English, became a successful rancher and counted President Theodore Roosevelt among his friends. Parker died Feb. 23, 1911.

The Brown Bag Lecture Series runs monthly and is open to the public at no cost. The Rockwall County Historical Foundation also operates a museum in Harry Myers Park in downtown Rockwall. More information is available at rockwallcountymuseum.com.

The foundation has not announced a topic for its November lecture.