Charles Goodnight
By: Ryan & Gibson
Charles Goodnights life
Born In Illinois he later moved to Texas. He lived in a rugged frontier house. Charles Goodnight was the co-founder of the most important southwester cattle drives. He created the chuck wagon and improved cattle breeding techniques. He trailblazer a 500-mile route from fort Belknap, Texas to fort Sumner, Texas.
His young life
Charles Goodnight the rancher the fourth of five children of Charlotte and Charles Goodnight, was born on March 5 ,1836,on the family farm in Macoupin County, Illinois.
His trailblaze
In 1875 Charles blazed another trail this time from new Mexico to Colorado but became tired of all his trailblazers.
As a old man
After selling out his interest in the goodnight -Thayer company in 1900.Goodnight limited his ranching activities to sixty sections surrounding his house and near raliroad
After the trail blaze
Succeed in his new ranch JA ranch into one of the most major Texas ranches it eventually running more than 100,000 cattle. and returning to a profit by the time he died he turned himself in a eternal trailblazer.