Colonel John Jacob Myers was one of the best known trail drivers of the Early West.  A Mexican War veteran, he was the first lieutenant under John C. Fremont and served in the Civil War as Colonel of DeBray's 26th Texas Calvary.   He accompanied John C. Fremont on his famous exploring expeditions into the west.   After traveling much of the territory between the Mississippi River and the Pacific Ocean, he settled in Lockhart and began raising stock.  Much respected and admired among trail drivers, he was well known for his honesty.  Annually, he drove from four to sixteen thousand head of cattle to Abilene, Kansas, while the market was still there.   In 1874, Myers had just delivered a large herd to Utah and was returning home when he was accosted by bandits who chloroformed him and robbed him.  He died of chloroform poisoning after reaching his home in Lockhart.