Goodnight–Loving Trail
The Goodnight–Loving Trail was a
Route
The Goodnight-Loving Trail began at Fort Belknap (Texas), along part of the former route of the Butterfield Overland Mail, traveling through Central Texas across the Llano Estacado (Staked Plains) to Horsehead Crossing, north along the Pecos River and across Pope's Crossing, into New Mexico to Fort Sumner. The trail then continued north into Colorado to Denver, and was extended on into Wyoming.[1]
Goodnight and Loving's drive of 1866
In June 1866, Charles Goodnight and Oliver Loving decided to partner to drive cattle to growing western markets. They hoped that demand for beef from settlers, soldiers stationed at military outposts across New Mexico, and
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Loving continued north towards the railhead in Denver, with the remaining cattle and calves. He was stopped by a tollgate chain in the Raton Pass, operated by Richens Lacey Wootton. Loving paid Wootton 10 cents per head of cattle. In Denver, Loving sold the herd to John Wesley Iliff.[3]
Later developments
During the Drive of 1867, at
In 1868, he also scouted a new route via the
Cultural references
- "Goodnight-Loving Trail" is a song by country artist Utah Phillips.
- "Goodnight-Loving" is a song by country artist Clint Black.
- The Flying J Wranglers is a country and western band in Alto, New Mexico (the Goodnight–Loving Trail passed near their Flying J Ranch).
- Centennial is a novel in which cattle are brought to Colorado by way of the Goodnight-Loving Trail, which was renamed the Skimmerhorn Trail in the novel.
- Centennial is a miniseries that follows the plot of the novel.
- The Mutual Radio Theater1980 episode "Goodnight Loving Trail" tells the story of the initial attempt by Goodnight and Loving to form the trail.
- The Adventures of Goodnight and Loving (1986) is a novel by author Leslie Thomas in which the main protagonist, George Goodnight, is inspired by the adventures of his namesake Charles Goodnight and partner Oliver Loving.
- ”last loving words” Colter Wall.
- The Goodnight Loving is a punk/garage band from Wisconsin[7]
See also
- Bose Ikard
- Lonesome Dove series - fictionalized version of trail's history[citation needed]
References
- ISBN 0-684-80441-7.
- ^ Brown 1995, p. 285.
- ^ a b c Brown 1995, p. 286.
- ^ Brown 1995, p. 315.
- ^ Brown 1995, p. 289.
- ^ Brown 1995, p. 316-7.
- ^ https://thegoodnightloving.com/about/
External links
- "Old West Legends: The Goodnight-Loving Trail". Legends of America.
- "The Goodnight-Loving Trail". Texas Archive of the Moving Image.