Pecos, Texas

A cow camp grew up from a cattle trail crossroads. Picture Horsehead Crossing of the Pecos River with a herd of parched cattle stampeding to the water along its steep banks after a dusty 75-mile slog from San Angelo. It’s two years after the Civil War and this is the first of many cattle drives on the Goodnight-Loving Trail.  The drovers lost crushed cattle at the river crossing, and calves were left behind on the trail from San Angelo. Ultimately, they succeeded in driving the Texas longho