Oliver Loving, C.S.A., was the only Texan instrumental in mapping three major cattle trails, the Shawnee, Western, and Goodnight-Loving trails. Born in Kentucky, he came to Texas in 1845 to farm, haul freight, and deal in cattle, and started a large ranch in Palo Pinto County. In 1858, he drove a herd to Chicago, the first time Texas cattle were trailed to a northern market, and in 1859 he drove to Denver. When the Civil War broke out in 1861, he became a Confederate beef contractor furnishing meat to army commissaries and served on a 24-hour patrol squad against Indians in the frontier town of Weatherford. He mapped an 1862 expedition by 300 or more Texans to wipe out depredating Indians on their home grounds in Colorado, but failed to get the necessary men to carry out the plan. After the war, with Charles Goodnight, he drove cattle from Palo Pinto to Horsehead Crossing on the Pecos, then up the river to Indian reservations and forts in New Mexico. In 1867 on this trail, he was shot by Comanches and crawled 5 miles, chewing an old kid glove for food. Mexican traders hauled him to Fort Sumner for $250, where his wounds were treated, but he died of gangrene. His partner packed his body in charcoal and hauled him to Weatherford for burial, fulfilling his last wish. Loving County was named for him in 1887.