Goodnight-Loving Trail (song)
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The Goodnight-Loving Trail is a song by Utah Phillips
about the cattle trail of the same name
. One of the namesakes of the trail, Charles Goodnight
is also credited with inventing the chuckwagon
. Lyrics and liner notes http://thelongmemory.com/goodnightloving.html are available from the author's website.
Utah Phillips
Bruce Duncan "Utah" Phillips was a labor organizer, folk singer, storyteller, poet and the "Golden Voice of the Great Southwest". He described the struggles of labor unions and the power of direct action, self-identifying as an anarchist...
about the cattle trail of the same name
Goodnight–Loving Trail
The Goodnight-Loving Trail was a trail used in the cattle drives of the late 1860s for the large-scale movement of Texas Longhorns. It is named after cattlemen Charles Goodnight and Oliver Loving....
. One of the namesakes of the trail, Charles Goodnight
Charles Goodnight
Charles Goodnight, also known as Charlie Goodnight , was a cattle rancher in the American West, perhaps the best known rancher in Texas. He is sometimes known as the "father of the Texas Panhandle." Essayist and historian J...
is also credited with inventing the chuckwagon
Chuckwagon
A chuckwagon or chuck wagon is a type of wagon historically used to carry food and cooking equipment on the prairies of the United States and Canada. Such wagons would form part of a wagon train of settlers or feed traveling workers such as cowboys or loggers.In modern times, chuckwagons feature...
. Lyrics and liner notes http://thelongmemory.com/goodnightloving.html are available from the author's website.
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- Utah PhillipsUtah PhillipsBruce Duncan "Utah" Phillips was a labor organizer, folk singer, storyteller, poet and the "Golden Voice of the Great Southwest". He described the struggles of labor unions and the power of direct action, self-identifying as an anarchist...
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