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Website
PBS

Pbs the West: Charles Goodnight

For Students 9th - 10th
Charles Goodnight (1836-1929) was one of the most prosperous cattleman of the American West. Read a thorough biography about him here at this site.
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Unit Plan
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Harcourt: School Publishers: Join a Cattle Drive

For Students 3rd - 6th
At this site take a look at maps of cattle drives from the ranches and ranges of Texas to the market places in Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado and Wyoming.
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Handout
Other

Southwest Collection: The Texas Ranching Frontier

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the cattle drive era that occurred in the late 1800s. It gives details about the drives from Texas to the north.