Historical Marker
Charles H. Noyes
Historical marker location:
US 83 and US 67, Ballinger, Texas
( US 83 and US 67, Ballinger)
Marker installed: 1966
Charles H. Noyes, 21, died when his horse fell while rounding up cattle on the Noyes' Ranch. His father and mother, Gus and Lula Noyes, erected monument in 1919 as a tribute to their son and all Texas cowboys.
Pompeo Coppini of Chicago studied horses two years before sculpturing statue.