70th Annual Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo

Charles Goodnight and Oliver Loving outfitted the first trail drives that moved herds of cattle which spanned from Fort Belknap, Texas to Cheyenne, Wyoming. The trail would become known as the Goodnight – Loving trail. The year was 1866 when Goodnight moved the first herd of 2,000 Texas Longhorns across the rugged Pecos terrain with a crew of 18 wranglers. Through the logistic need for caring and feeding his outfit, Goodnight converted a surplus wagon equipped with a pantry that became known as the Chuck Wagon. The trail would pass through Fort Sumner, New Mexico, across the Colorado Front Range passing what would become the city of Colorado Springs before reaching market in Denver, Colorado. The trail drive was so successful, Goodnight had sold his herd before reaching Wyoming returning to Texas and building another herd.