Texas Historical Marker

Old Beef Trail Crossing

London · Kimble County · placed 1997

Cowboys & Cattle

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Kimble County, Texas

The story

Once used for revivals, this Llano River crossing became a main line of the spring cattle drives from 1867 to the 1880s. Capt. C.A.

Schreiner and his partners herded cattle on their way to Abilene and Dodge City on the Western Trail; many area cowboys rode with them. Preceded by a trail boss and chuckwagon, as many as 2,000 cattle per herd took half a day to cross. With the air full of dust, local ranchers sat on their horses watching their own cattle closely to ensure that none of their herd joined the trail drive.

This site later became a vehicle crossing. (1997)

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