Historical Marker

Loving’s Bend

In July 1867 Oliver Loving, a partner in the Goodnight–Loving cattle concern, was attacked by Comanches while driving cattle to Fort Sumner. Wounded, Loving held off the attack for two days and nights. With the help of Mexican traders, he made it to Fort Sumner, where he died of gangrene. Fulfilling his promise, Charles Goodnight exhumed Loving’s body, reburying him a year later in Weatherford, Texas.