Ann Parker wept over the dead man and called him Nocona.
And after the battle at the Pease, which was itself big news, no
one ever heard anything more about Peta Nocona until Quanah’s
disclaimer almost four decades later.”
As alluded to earlier, Goodnight’s scouting exploits were many
and varied, but here we seek the cowman, and early in 1864
when his term as a ranger expired, Charlie reined his horse toward
Black Springs and home, ready to pick up where he’d left off with
ranching. Destiny awaited him in Palo Pinto County.
NEXT MONTH: Goodnight hangs up his ranger “spurs” and
returns to a much-changed home range along the Keechi.
• “Charles Goodnight: Cowman and Plainsman,” by J. Evetts
Haley, University of Oklahoma Press Norman, 1949 (Copyright
1936 by J. Evetts Haley).
“Charles Goodnight: Father of the Texas Panhandle,” by William
T. Hagan, University of Oklahoma Press, 2007.
“Crafting a Southwestern Masterpiece: J. Evetts Haley and Charles
Goodnight: Cowman & Plainsman,” by B. Byron Price, Nita
Stewart Haley Memorial Library, Midland, Texas, 1986.
“Empire of the Summer Moon,” by S.C. Gwynne, New York:
Scribner, 2010.
“The Texas Longhorn: Relic of the Past, Asset for the Future,” by
Don Worcester, Texas A&M University Press, 1987.
“Profiles in Audacity: Great Decisions and How They Were
Made,” by Alan Axelrod, Sterling Publishing Company, Inc., 2006.
Handbook of Texas Online
Oliver Loving
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