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Hagan, William T., 1918-2011.

Charles Goodnight : father of the Texas Panhandle / William T. Hagan. - Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, - xiv, 147 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. - The Oklahoma western biographies ; v. 21 . - Oklahoma western biographies ; v. 21. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-140) and index.

Becoming a man -- Cattle drover and Colorado rancher -- The land awaits -- Into the Palo Duro -- Launching the JA Ranch, 1877-1880 -- The Panhandle boom -- Toward a more ordered society -- The cattle baron and the children's grass -- The end of the Goodnight-Adair partnership -- Last years as a rancher -- The rest of the story.

ISBN: 9780806138275 0806138270 9780806138824 0806138823

LCCN: 2007004248

Subjects--Personal Names:
Goodnight, Charles, 1836-1929.
Goodnight, Charles, 1836-1929.
Goodnight, Charles.

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
Geschichte 1845-1929

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Ranchers--Texas--Biography.
Ranch life--History.--Texas
Rangelands--History.--Texas
Cattle trade--History.--Texas
Pioneers--Texas--Texas Panhandle--Biography.
Frontier and pioneer life--Texas--Texas Panhandle.
Cattle trade.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Pioneers.
Ranch life.
Ranchers.
Rangelands.
Nutztierzucht

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
J.A. Ranch (Tex.)--History.
Texas Panhandle (Tex.)--History.
Texas.
Texas--J.A. Ranch.
Texas--Texas Panhandle.
Texas

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Biography.
History.

LC Class. No.: F391.G66 / H34 2007

Dewey Class. No.: 976.4/04092 B