Goodnight Trail
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)
34.4315° N, 100.2029° W
Where to Find It
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
Nearby Markers
- 0.3 mi E Childress Cemetery Childress
- 0.4 mi S Colonel Wm. Edgar Hughes of the Mill Iron Childress
- 0.4 mi S Childress County Childress
- 0.6 mi SW Childress Post Office Building Childress
- 0.6 mi S Palace Theater Childress
- 0.8 mi W Old Railroad Y.M.C.A. Childress