Marker Inscription
Blazed from the Fort Griffin-Dodge City Trail, through New Mexico to Colorado about 1860 by Oliver Loving 1812-1867, first cattle trail driver from Texas.
Historical Marker
Goodnight-Loving Trail
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About this site
Goodnight-Loving Trail is a historical marker in Mentone, Loving County, dedicated in 1936. It is one of 6 historical markers documented in Loving County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 7 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 31.7011, -103.6036 near Mentone. The nearest cataloged historic site is Butterfield Stagecoach Road, Route of Old (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Mentone, Loving County, and Mentone Community Church.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5301002227. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
This marker in Loving County commemorates the Goodnight-Loving Trail, the cattle route blazed about 1866 by Charles Goodnight and Oliver Loving that ran from Texas through New Mexico toward Colorado. Loving, for whom the county is named, was wounded by Comanches in 1867 and died of his injuries; the marker was placed in 1936.
Sources: hmdb.orgen.wikipedia.org
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