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Charles Goodnight, cowman & plainsman

by Haley, J. Evetts
Additional authors: Ill. -- Bugbee, Harold
Published by : Houghton Mifflin Company (Boston) Physical details: 485 p Year: 1936
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Cutting for sign --
Cowboyhood on the Texan border --
Early years on the Keechi range --
The making of a scout --
Minute men of Texas --
Scouting under Obenchain --
Ranging the open country --
Cheap cattle and high honor --
Blazing the Goodnight Trail --
Adventrues of the trail --
The Pecos --
'Graveyard of the cowman's hopes' --
The Comanchero trade --
The Goodnight and Loving Trail --
Trail troubles --
Worthless of the trail --
Managing a trail herd --
The range in Southern Colorado --
The home ranch of the Panhandle --
Founding the JA --
Growth of the JA --
Fighting for order --
The Panhandle Stock Association --
The lease fight --
JA longhorns --
Lore of the range --
At the end of the Goodnight Trail.

A biography of the Texas cowboy who was one of the first permanent settlers of the Panhandle, developed the chuck wagon and the sidesaddle, and experimented with plants and animals.

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