what is fascinating is not only that larry mcmurtry picks him up and uses the commentary for his gravestone, but also icard is on the crew and he is the guy that carries money on the crew, because goodnight figures no one is going to jump a black man in texas for money. there was an ex-confederate who was dismissed for mental instability, so this guy is a whack job, that there was never any problem between icard and this confederate soldier. what we get from that is that there are individual southerners who are willing to work hard the average age of the cowboy is 24 years old, and they are willing to work hard and they just want a job, they just want something, and by 1867, you begin to have this image of the west as a place where individuals should go out there and work hard and they have a great time, and they put their shoulder to the wheel, and this is the heart of a young, growing america. by 1867, we have the establishment of abilene kansas, which is a place where cowboys and the guys running the trails can -- running the credit -- the trail crews, and you get increasingly these west

if you have nothing "lonesome dove," you should get up right now i walk out, and on watch it, larry mcmurtry patterned col on charles goodnight and charles do ball on oliver loving --robert duvall on oliver loving. so they try to hold thing in 1866, as he is trailing this herd of cattle out, he runs into a guy called oliver loving. they are both patterned in different ways, that on both charles goodnight and it is a wonderful, wonderful account of trailing cattle out of texas into montana, and if you are interested, you just have to read the book. goodnight and all of her loving head out on the good night -- goodnight-loving trail, that is how we did the name. they bring home at $12,000 in gold. $12,000 in gold in texas in 1865, there are -- 8056, sorry there are places in texas there that don't realize that the civil war is over yet. they have $12,000 in gold permit and here is one of the great lost moments of american history. they put the gold on the mule and somebody use -- somebody loses the mule in the river. the mule is floating down the river with $12,000 on his back and they get him

you have nothing "lonesome dove," you should get up right now i walk out, and on watch it, when larry mcmurtry patterned col on charles goodnight and robert duvall on oliver loving. what happens is, when charles pulls his team together and they head out of texas to try and sell these cattle, they get attacked by comanches. the whole thing is dead in the water. charles is an optimist, so in 1866, as he is trailing this herd of cattle out, he runs into a guy called oliver loving. they are both patterned in different ways, that on both charles goodnight and it is a wonderful, wonderful account of trailing cattle out of texas into montana, and if you are interested, you just have to read the book. goodnight and oliver loving head out on the goodnight-loving trail, that is how we did the name. they get the cattle to an army post and sell their cattle at the army post. they bring home at $12,000 in gold. $12,000 in gold in texas in 1865, there are -- 1856, sorry there are places in texas there that don't realize that the civil war is over yet. they have no money at all. they have $12,000 in gold. an