Goodnight Trail

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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)

Marker No: 2226

Location: Fair Park, FM 401-Childress

Aluminum 14 x 24 Subject Marker

Geographic: 34.434292, -100.201447