| Marker Number |
2226 |
| Atlas Number |
5075002226 |
| Marker Title |
Goodnight Trail |
| Index Entry |
Goodnight Trail |
| Address |
Commerce St. NW |
| City |
Childress |
| County |
Childress |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
389476 |
| UTM Northing |
3810655 |
| Subject Codes |
roads; cattle, cattle industry topics; Native Americans; parks and recreation |
| Marker Year |
1964 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
Fair Park, 0.1 mi. N of intersection of Commerce St. NW and Ave. I NW, E side of park drive, SW side of Park Lake |
| Private Property |
|
| Marker Condition |
|
| Marker Size |
14" x 24" |
| 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) |
