An “uninhabitable wasteland.” That’s what Army explorer R.B. Marcy called the wilds of west Texas. Most folks took the captain at his word and avoided the area. But a few hardy souls, adventurers like Charles Goodnight, C.C. Slaughter and Burk Burnett, saw some business opportunities in the region. Here was a place to fatten cattle on the grasslands of the plains, to prepare the herds for the journeys north and sales in the Kansas cowtowns. Here was a place for a man to carve out his o
Already Signed Up? Log in here.
Read this article now for Free!
Ready for a third free article? Create a free account by entering your email address and a password below.
— OR —
Sign Up Now for $29.95 a year and have immediate access to all of True West content, including the complete True West Archives dating back to 1953!
