A Sketch of the First Settlement of the Panhandle Page: 1 of 10
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A ?T'CH 07 THE rIRsT . TLV 71T 0' TIP PAJ<IAlLE .
Th. T4nhunlu of th, Stat - urivu. itu ,.. fro. bloci
of country lyin rort of .i .1 of an initial Iaonu.t.nt ut
the isiterauctioI of thb 100 jui ridian iti Red Rivur. This country
uubraoej J terrItory of tieity five couatieu, ,j iV butnded on
.out b- t. ritAtrt itri: or OilUut , i.nd by Nuw Muxioo on
'eat. Thede two territcri- ruf&rrtA to Weru filled fcr i.,y
vrs ,t' ubtliaa .:edaru.doc, rna1.1 tl'i stri: of country
S sa Pasnihlidle, ;:L..ee pU1.L.ur1: dt td fcr ti u homu of
crtminals and otlxws. This rt of t~ Sttu emir& t -I the
ort or ::.t ; 4rt o L., S t 4 1. ac.ltely unknown and un-
-rvejud untill :fter tLu Civil 'ar, 3o flar as tho ulrvets, mr
-2>hi tfrncd. But tb. c ouittry t.s . orougkL XTlore': fret, 18*1 to
1865 t 91 t, "'ro,. or T.; Paneirs in .urduit of outlia ,no
In.lueJ, ILti In : t-, % ux; loud a thL territory r:%'rrea
t o, explore r north .. t>2 Wichita Mountai is
- uat Lito N-, iuxioo, .> thu aouthlrn uiviaio.. u.a far setl
.a tt Colordo Rivr. T' rd "exrlord" iU uu;ed in a n rsl
ae ae .s _er ;U hunting outl-. a i.Ia 'isp our kntw2Lugc e of tL.
Country beml; thud gained ; 4ntlly. Al, ti rivers -t I. .t
dog' aith.r ;elf or Liutr., t, olf r.,
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A Sketch of the First Settlement of the Panhandle, text, 1900; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth866270/m1/1/?q=%22charles%20goodnight%22: accessed July 10, 2026), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hardin-Simmons University Library.