Goodnight-Loving Trail -- US 380 nr the Pecos River, E of Roswell NM
N 33° 24.318 W 104° 18.643
13S E 564094 N 3696432
A historic marker for the Goodnight-Loving cattle drive trail east of Roswell on the US 380 near its crossing of the Pecos River
Waymark Code: WMMF7Q
Location: New Mexico, United States
Date Posted: 09/11/2014
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This historic marker is on the US 380 E of Roswell. It is one of FOUR in Chaves County about the Goodnight Loving Trail.
The marker reads as follows:
GOODNIGHT-LOVING TRAIL
This famous old cattle trail, running 2000 miles from Texas to Wyoming, was blazed in 1866 by Charles Goodnight and Oliver Loving. In New Mexico, the trail followed the Pecos Rover north to Fort Sumner, where the government needed beef to feed the Navajos at the Bosque Redondo Reservation.
History::
GOODNIGHT-LOVING TRAIL
This famous old cattle trail, running 2000 miles from Texas to Wyoming, was blazed in 1866 by Charles Goodnight and Oliver Loving. In New Mexico, the trail followed the Pecos Rover north to Fort Sumner, where the government needed beef to feed the Navajos at the Bosque Redondo Reservation.
Link to History,Plaque or Sign:: [Web Link]
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