Horse Head Crossing on the Pecos River

Here crossed the undated Comanche Trail from Llano Estacado to Mexico. In 1850 John R. Bartlett while surveying the Mexican boundary found the crossing marked by skulls of horses; hence the name "Horse Head". The Southern Overland Mail (Butterfield) route, St. Louis to San Francisco, 1858-1861, and the road west from Fort Concho crossed here. The Goodnight-Loving trail, established in 1866 and trod by tens of thousands of Texas longhorns, came here and turned up the east bank of the Pecos for Fort Summer and into Colorado Erected by the State of Texas 1936

Horse Head Crossing on the Pecos River is a historical marker in Girvin, Pecos County, dedicated in 1936. It is one of 26 historical markers documented in Pecos County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 42 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 31.2366, -102.4834 near Girvin. The nearest cataloged historic site is Horsehead Crossing (historical marker), about 3.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Girvin, Imperial, and McKenzie.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5371002564. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.