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CHARLES GOODNIGHT

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CHARLES GOODNIGHT

<b>75. CHARLES GOODNIGHT</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1836-1929). Texas Ranger, Indian scout and trail driver, pioneering the Goodnight-Loving Trail to Ft. Sumner, NM, in 1866 and the Goodnight Trail to Colorado in 1875. Surprisingly rare partly printed DS “<i>C Goodnight,</i>” 1p, 8½"x3", Clarenden, TX, Jan 2, 1895. Promissory note to the order of “<i>The Bank of Clarenden</i>” in the amount of “<i>Thirteen Hundred</i>” dollars at 10% interest. Boldly signed in space provided. Docketed on verso. General light toning; two Paid stamps away from signature; red ink cancellation touches but does not obscure signature; light/moderate wear and creasing; light foxing at bottom left margin; else in good condition. Goodnight fought outlaws and Indians for many years in TX, NM and CA. At one time Goodnight ran over 100,000 cattle over one million acres in partnership with John Adair. He developed “cattalo” by cross breeding buffalo and polled Angus cattle and founded panhandle’s Stockmen’s association, instrumental in ridding area of outlaws and cattle thieves.

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