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793:Kraisinger, Gary; Kraisinger, Margaret (2014).
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754:The Goodnight-Loving Trail; A Chuckwagon Saga
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444:The western novelist
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971:"2010 March Auction"
265:Fort Belknap (Texas)
130:Goodnight (ca. 1880)
1286:Ranchers from Texas
1133:– Charles Goodnight
1019:on December 2, 2013
897:Amarillo Globe News
609:, San Marcos, Texas
454:The Goodnight Trail
196:, fighting against
73:Tucson, Arizona, US
1276:American cattlemen
1225:American Civil War
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545:Streets of Laredo
519:Streets of Laredo
470:James A. Michener
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646:Fort Worth
633:, outside
631:New Mexico
575:ghost town
530:Chris Penn
514:Bose Ikard
480:T.L. Davis
475:Centennial
472:'s novel,
446:Matt Braun
412:Reputation
371:bull rider
364:sidesaddle
360:Fort Worth
289:chuckwagon
186:stepfather
87:Occupation
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1177:Biography
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556:Namesakes
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