A cattle rancher who “moved a herd of 1,600 cattle down from Colorado to Palo Duro Canyon.” His effort led to the creation of the XIT ranch and to his reputation as the forefather of the Texas Panhandle. In 1916, he held “the last buffalo hunt” on his ranch in Palo Duro Canyon. Ten thousand people showed up to watch Goodnight, by then an old man, chase an imported buffalo.
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Charles Goodnight Character Timeline in The Worst Hard Time
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Chapter 1: The Wanderer
...statehouse in the union, a palace of polished red granite.” After the Comanche were removed, Charles Goodnight moved cattle down from Colorado. Investors, some as far away as Great Britain, became involved...
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