Oliver Loving
(1812-1867)

Died aged c. 55

Oliver Loving (December 4, 1812 – September 25, 1867) was an American rancher and cattle driver. Together with Charles Goodnight, he developed the Goodnight-Loving Trail. He was mortally wounded by Native Americans while on a cattle drive. Loving County, Texas, the second least-populous county in the United States and the least populated in the contiguous US, is named in his honor.

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Commemorated on 1 plaque

Texas Historical Marker #04931

Site of the Home of Oliver Loving in 1855. N/A #4931

?, Mineral Wells, TX, United States where they lived (1855)