Details for Horse Head Crossing on the Pecos River
Historical Marker —
Atlas Number 5371002564
Data
Marker Number
2564
Atlas Number
5371002564
Marker Title
Horse Head Crossing on the Pecos River
Index Entry
Horse Head Crossing on the Pecos River
Address
FM 11
City
Girvin
County
Pecos
UTM Zone
13
UTM Easting
739674
UTM Northing
3458385
Subject Codes
exploration and expeditions; roads; stagecoach routes, stands, etc.; water topics
Marker Year
1936
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
No
Marker Location
From Girvin, about 11.5 miles NW on FM 11 to county road, about 2 miles north to marker
Private Property
No
Marker Condition
In Situ
Marker Size
1936 Texas Centennial - historical marker
Marker Text
Here crossed the undated Comanche Trail from Llano Estacado to Mexico. In 1850 John R. Bartlett while surveying the Mexican boundary found the crossing marked by skulls of horses; hence the name "Horse Head". The Southern Overland Mail (Butterfield) route, St. Louis to San Francisco, 1858-1861, and the road west from Fort Concho crossed here. The Goodnight-Loving trail, established in 1866 and trod by tens of thousands of Texas longhorns, came here and turned up the east bank of the Pecos for Fort Summer and into Colorado Erected by the State of Texas 1936
