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In hostile Indian years of 1866-71, route of great cattle drives from Texas to U.S. forts in Colorado and New Mexico. Col. Charles Goodnight, trailblazer, drove thousands of cattle to water here. Site later (1886) became Childress. Cattle watering hole is now lake in Fair Park. (1964)
Goodnight Trail is a historical marker in Childress, Childress County, dedicated in 1964. It is one of 8 historical markers documented in Childress County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 17 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 34.4305, -100.2034 near Childress. The nearest cataloged historic site is Colonel Wm. Edgar Hughes of the Mill Iron (historical marker), about 0.3 miles away. Others within a short drive include Childress Cemetery, Childress County, and Childress Cemetery.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5075002226. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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