The Wet Mountain Valley Historical Association presents Gary Ziegler and Courtney Miller to discuss the “Goodnight – Beckwith Connection.” Gary Ziegler and Courtney Miller will present what they believe to be the facts while telling the life story of these legends. For many years, the Beckwith family operated one of the largest cattle operations in Colorado right here in the Wet Mountain Valley. The Beckwiths purchased their longhorns from Charles Goodnight for most of those years. Charles Goodnight was already a legend when he established the Rock Creek Ranch between Pueblo and Wetmore. He and Oliver Loving had been driving longhorn cattle from Texas to Colorado and the trail they took became known as the Goodnight-Loving trail. Local historians have debated the connection between the Beckwiths and Goodnight, some claiming the Beckwiths rode with Goodnight on a cattle drive from Texas. The event is free and open to the public.