Charles Goodnight papers
Scope and Contents
Papers of Goodnight concern trail driving, cattle raising, the John Charles Beales land grant and Rio Grande Colony and include materials on Goodnight's Indian depredation claims and narratives by Goodnight and others concerning pioneer days.
Correspondence, literary productions, court records and legal documents, photographs, newspaper clippings, organized by form of material, arranged by topic and/or chronologically.
Dates
- 1882 - 1939
Creator
- Goodnight, Charles, 1836-1929 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
There are no use restrictions on this collection. Publisher is responsible for complying with copyright law.
Biographical Note
Charles Goodnight (1836-1929), trail driver, pioneer cattleman, and partner in the JA Ranch in Palo Duro Canyon, Texas.
Extent
10 inches
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Papers of Goodnight concern trail driving, cattle raising, the John Charles Beales land grant and Rio Grande Colony, and Indian depredation claims.
- American bison
- Beale, John Charles, 1804-1878
- Cattle drives
- Cattle trails
- Cattle--Breeding
- Collins, George R.
- Comanche Indians
- Goodnight, Charles, 1836-1929
- Goodnight, Corinne
- Goodnight, Mary Ann
- Indians of North America--Wars
- Jones, Charles Jesse, 1844-1919
- Land grants
- Land settlement
- Malone, Pat G.
- Ranches
- Seymour, Edmund C.
- Sheek, John W.
- Texas
- Texas--Goodnight
- Texas--Palo Duro Canyon
- Texas--Texas Panhandle
Creator
- Goodnight, Charles, 1836-1929 (Person)
- Title
- Charles Goodnight Papers, 1882-1939
- Status
- Ready To Publish
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History Repository
2300 Red River Street
Austin TX 78712
