Charles+Goodnight

Charles Goodnight was born March 5,1836 and made a study of ranching. He was one of the best know cattle rancher in the west. He figured out that a cow needed 10 acres of grass to graze in Texas. He fought in the civil war and after joined the Texas-wide roundup to recover his idea of the cattle grazing the large amount of land.

Information Provided By: America:Pathways to the Present pg 272, also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Goodnight Picture Provided By: http://www.legendsofamerica.com/photos-oldwest/CharlesGoodnight-500.jpg