Reining Horses for Sale near Big Spring, TX

About Big Spring, TX

The area had long been a popular watering hole for Native American residents and nomads, including members of the more recently established Jumano, Apache, and Comanche tribes. The first European to view the site was probably a member of a Spanish expedition exploring the Great Plains from New Mexico. During the 1840s and 1850s Big Spring was often where Comanches assembled and organized themselves before departing on large-scale raids into northern Mexico during the Comanche-Mexico Wars. Captain Randolph B. Marcy's expedition in 1849 was the first United States expedition to explore and map the area.