Before Pecos,TX was described as being just off the interstate it was known as the crossroads of the Chisholm Train, Goodnight Loving Trail, and the Butterfield Overland mail route. Pecos is the home to the first Rodeo because it was a town so full of cowboys that they needed a more friendly competition than gunfights.  Judge Roy Bean, a self proclaimed judge, enforced his own justice, “the Law West of the Pecos,” a my way or die type of justice. To keep order the World’s First Rodeo was introduced on July 4, 1883, to find the best cowhand in the west.

The  original 1896 Saloon is on display along with bullet holes from various gunfights. The grave of Clay Allison, the “Gentlemen Gunfighter” with its eulogy of "He never killed a man that did not need killing.”

Railways Corner Grill was our dinner stop for quesidas, fajitas and tacos. This grill was an old gas station converted into an indoor/outdoor restaurant.

The West of the Pecos Museum had the strangest beauty parlor items I have ever seen. I can’t imagine putting these rollers in my hair!  We saw an example of the Eclipse Windmill that was invented in Beloit, WI. We learned the Pecos Cantaloupe is known for its distinctive flavor because of the soil mixture and the sun. We spent the night at the local Flying J and left in the morning for Alpine, TX.