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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Aug 29, 2005 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Weatherford |
| County: | Parker |
| State: | Texas |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | Super Soye's |
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| Last found: | Jun 17, 2009 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFaa |
| Last edited: | Aug 29, 2005 |
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This box is a combination of fact and fiction.
The facts: Oliver Loving, one of the earliest Texas cowmen and cofounder of the Goodnight-Loving Trail, is buried in Weatherford, Texas at Greenwood Cemetery. He has been called 'The Dean of Texas Trail Drivers', a title he earned through his fearless drives of large longhorn herds through territory where no others had gone before. He came from a pioneer family and spent his whole life living dangerously, prefering to be always on the outermost edges of the advancing frontier.
Charles Goodnight was a Texas Ranger and a scout during the American Civil War. After the war Goodnight decided to become involved in the cattle business. He joined up with Oliver Loving to take cattle from Fort Belknap in Texas to Fort Sumner in New Mexico. This later became known as the Goodnight-Loving Trail. After Oliver Loving was killed by Comanche in 1867, Goodnight continued to organize cattle drives on his own.
After being attacked by Indians in New Mexico in 1867, Oliver Loving's dying wish to his friend, Charles Goodnight, was to be buried in his home, Parker County. Goodnight brought the body back 600 miles by wagon for burial.
The fiction: If the story sounds familiar, it should. It is the inspiration behind Texas author Larry McMurtry's novel, Lonesome Dove. In the book, retired Texas Rangers Gus McRae and Woodrow Call are living on their ranch in Texas when they decide to ride the trail to Montana one last time. Their characters are loosely based on Goodnight and Loving. Boze Ikard, who served with Goodnight and for whom the character "Deets" was modeled, was also laid to rest in the Greenwood Cemetery. His headstone reads similarily to the one carved for "Deets" by "Captain Call".
The stamp: It's a salute to the Texas Rangers (not the baseball team) and to Oliver Loving.
For more information about Weatherford, Texas visit their website at: http://www.weatherford-chamber.com/
An activity you might want to combine with the letterbox search: If it’s wheelin’ and dealin’ you desire, than be sure and plan your trip during Weatherford’s First Monday Trades Days, always held the Friday, Saturday and Sunday before the first Monday in each month.
The search: From I-20 going west- Take exit #414/US-180 WEST onto FORT WORTH HWY[US-180] toward MINERAL WELLS/WEATHERFORD. You will travel approx. 6 miles. After you pass N. Denton Street, pay attention! The street you are looking for is challenging to find. Turn right on N. Mill Street. It is the street to the right of the bridge. If you cross over the bridge and see the courthouse, you missed N. Mill. Once on N. Mill, take it to Front Street. Turn left. The cemetery will be on your left.
Please park in front of the cemetery and do not drive into it. There are parking spaces on Front Street for this purpose. Enter, on foot, into Greenwood Cemetery through the main arches. Follow the gravel path to your left. Look for the Texas State Historical Marker on your left and you will find Oliver Loving's grave.
The find: While looking at the grave, notice the trees on either side. Go to the one of the left and look under the large concrete slab.
The enjoyment: Continue around the gravel path and find another Texas State Historical Marker in the cemetery. No box here, but a great walk around a fascinating place.
This box is a combination of fact and fiction.
The facts: Oliver Loving, one of the earliest Texas cowmen and cofounder of the Goodnight-Loving Trail, is buried in Weatherford, Texas at Greenwood Cemetery. He has been called 'The Dean of Texas Trail Drivers', a title he earned through his fearless drives of large longhorn herds through territory where no others had gone before. He came from a pioneer family and spent his whole life living dangerously, prefering to be always on the outermost edges of the advancing frontier.
Charles Goodnight was a Texas Ranger and a scout during the American Civil War. After the war Goodnight decided to become involved in the cattle business. He joined up with Oliver Loving to take cattle from Fort Belknap in Texas to Fort Sumner in New Mexico. This later became known as the Goodnight-Loving Trail. After Oliver Loving was killed by Comanche in 1867, Goodnight continued to organize cattle drives on his own.
After being attacked by Indians in New Mexico in 1867, Oliver Loving's dying wish to his friend, Charles Goodnight, was to be buried in his home, Parker County. Goodnight brought the body back 600 miles by wagon for burial.
The fiction: If the story sounds familiar, it should. It is the inspiration behind Texas author Larry McMurtry's novel, Lonesome Dove. In the book, retired Texas Rangers Gus McRae and Woodrow Call are living on their ranch in Texas when they decide to ride the trail to Montana one last time. Their characters are loosely based on Goodnight and Loving. Boze Ikard, who served with Goodnight and for whom the character "Deets" was modeled, was also laid to rest in the Greenwood Cemetery. His headstone reads similarily to the one carved for "Deets" by "Captain Call".
The stamp: It's a salute to the Texas Rangers (not the baseball team) and to Oliver Loving.
For more information about Weatherford, Texas visit their website at: http://www.weatherford-chamber.com/
An activity you might want to combine with the letterbox search: If it’s wheelin’ and dealin’ you desire, than be sure and plan your trip during Weatherford’s First Monday Trades Days, always held the Friday, Saturday and Sunday before the first Monday in each month.
The search: From I-20 going west- Take exit #414/US-180 WEST onto FORT WORTH HWY[US-180] toward MINERAL WELLS/WEATHERFORD. You will travel approx. 6 miles. After you pass N. Denton Street, pay attention! The street you are looking for is challenging to find. Turn right on N. Mill Street. It is the street to the right of the bridge. If you cross over the bridge and see the courthouse, you missed N. Mill. Once on N. Mill, take it to Front Street. Turn left. The cemetery will be on your left.
Please park in front of the cemetery and do not drive into it. There are parking spaces on Front Street for this purpose. Enter, on foot, into Greenwood Cemetery through the main arches. Follow the gravel path to your left. Look for the Texas State Historical Marker on your left and you will find Oliver Loving's grave.
The find: While looking at the grave, notice the trees on either side. Go to the one of the left and look under the large concrete slab.
The enjoyment: Continue around the gravel path and find another Texas State Historical Marker in the cemetery. No box here, but a great walk around a fascinating place.