1. Charles Goodnight, known as Charlie Goodnight, was a rancher in the American West.
17 Facts About Charles Goodnight
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Charles Goodnight moved to Texas in 1846 with his mother and stepfather, Hiram Daugherty.
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Charles Goodnight is known for raising and leading a posse against the Comanche in 1860 that located the Indian supply camp where Cynthia Ann Parker was working with her husband, Peta Nocona, then guiding Texas Rangers to the camp, leading to Cynthia Ann's recapture.
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In 1864, after serving in the Frontier Regiment during the American Civil War, Charles Goodnight returned to Palo Pinto County, Texas.
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In 1868, Charles Goodnight established Rock Canon Ranch, west of Pueblo, Colorado.
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The herd in Caprock Canyons was actually donated in name by JA Ranch, which Charles Goodnight managed for years.
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Charles Goodnight crossbred the bison with domestic cattle, which he called cattalo.
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On July 26,1870, Charles Goodnight married Mary Ann "Molly" Dyer, a teacher from Weatherford, west of Fort Worth.
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The Charles Goodnight home is located one-quarter mile south of US Highway 287 about 40 miles east of Amarillo.
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The Charles Goodnight Trail is the name of a novel by Ralph Compton.
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Davis' Shadow Soldier features the Charles Goodnight-Loving cattle drive of 1866 as a means for JD Wilkes to make it to Colorado with Oliver Loving and in the sequel Home to Texas, Charles Goodnight is often referenced.
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The story takes place during the Santa Fe Expedition of 1841, when Charles Goodnight would have been only five years old.
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The marker that Call carves for Deets is based on an epitaph Charles Goodnight created for Bose Ikard, an ex-slave who worked alongside Goodnight most of his life.
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Charles Goodnight plays his largest role in the final volume, Streets of Laredo.
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Charles Goodnight is played in the miniseries Dead Man's Walk by Chris Penn, in Comanche Moon by Jeremy Ratchford, and in Streets of Laredo by James Gammon.
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In 1883 season 1, episode 7, Charles Goodnight helps drive off a group of attacking bandits.
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Charles Goodnight was played by series creator and writer Taylor Sheridan.