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Panhandle cattlemen era remembered by Judge O H Nelson
Judge O H Nelson recalls early Panhandle cattlemen starting in 1876 77 and 80 with Col Chas Goodnight and Tom Bugbee among the first to build outfits. He notes many brands and pioneers across Palo Duro Canyon the Canadian river and Deadwood country, and praises figures like Hank Cresswell Tony Day and Goodnight while detailing the period's money and partnerships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
Col. Chas. Goodnight
Plains
Palo Duro Canyon
Adair
Goodnight
Thomas S. Bugbee
H. W. Cresswell
Richard McNulty
W. F E. Anderson
Robert Moody
Lee and Reynolds
Bates and Beal
Canadian River
Tascosa
Indian Territory
Morrison Brothers
Giles
Rowe Brothers
Salt Fork
Donley County
Curtis
Atkinson
Buck Creek
Wall County
Baker Brothers
Colonel McCoy
Hall
Floyd Counties
Gilliland
Tule Creek
Swisher County
Gunther and
Munson
Palo Duro
Randall County
Nick Eaton
North Fork
Reg River
A. M. Britton
H. H. Campbell
Motley County
J. M. Shelton
R. B. Masterson
C. A. Andrews
Po Vland
Colonel Ellison
Red River
Childress County
Forsythe Brothers
Childress
Britton
Lomax
Dickens County
John Powers
Day and Maddox Land and Cattle Company
Greer County
Hank
Canada
Thatcher Brothers
Pueblo
Colo
Bar CC Herd
Home Creek
Roberts County
Wolf Creek
Ochiltree County
Cresswell
A. J
Tony) Day
Montana
Cresswell and Day
Tony Day
Colonel Goodnight
Dan Gardner
Fort Worth
Cottle County
Judge Lindsay
Gainsville
Cottle
Hughes and
Simpson
Collingsworth Company
John T. Lytle
F. B. York
Lipscombe County
Sacre and
Sugg
Clarendon
Brown and McClelland
G. A. Brown
T. S. McClelland
Leliahake
L. H. Carhart