FIRST Cattle Trail Driver from Texas - Mentone, TX
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The Snowdog
N 31° 42.065 W 103° 36.215
13R E 632331 N 3508151
Oliver Loving was the first cattle trail driver from Texas - in Mentone, Texas.
Waymark Code: WM167RX
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/28/2022
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This road side picnic area southwest of Mentone hosts a pair of historical markers. One indicates that Oliver Loving was the first cattle trail driver from Texas. Loving, a rancher, had run many cattle drives before the Civil War, and supplied beef to the Confederate Army during the war. Afterwards, he and Charles Goodnight forged a new trail to supply U.S. Army Troops in New Mexico and Colorado.
The text on the marker is:
GOODNIGHT-LOVING TRAIL
Blazed from
Fort Griffin - Dodge City Trail
Through
New Mexico to Colorado
About 1860 by
OLIVER LOVING
FIRST CATTLE TRAIL DRIVER FROM
TEXAS
FIRST - Classification Variable: Person or Group
Date of FIRST: 01/01/1860
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