Goodnight Trail
N 34° 25.889 W 100° 12.174
14S E 389476 N 3810655
The historic marker for the Goodnight Trail in Fair Park in downtown Childress TX
Waymark Code: WMKGBM
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/11/2014
Views: 6
This historic marker is located on a pillar inside Fair Park by the steps leading to a pavilion by the pond. It is free to enter the park.
Marker Number: 2226
Marker Text:
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)
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