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==Background==
==Background==
Born in Waxahachie in Ellis County, south of [[Dallas]], Blasingame decided as a child that he would work on a ranch. In 1918, he headed to the Texas Panhandle and was hired on the large JA spread, which had been jointly established in the Palo Duro Canyon by [[John George Adair]] and his wife, the former [[Cornelia Adair|Cornelia Wadsworth Ritchie]] and Charles Goodnight (1836–1929), probably the best-known of Texas ranchers.<ref name=PPHM>Exhibit at the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum in Canyon, Texas.</ref>
Born in Waxahachie in Ellis County, south of [[Dallas]], Blasingame decided as a child that he would work on a ranch. In 1918, he headed to the Texas Panhandle and was hired on the large JA spread, which had been jointly established in the Palo Duro Canyon by [[John George Adair]] and his wife, the former [[Cornelia Adair|Cornelia Wadsworth Ritchie]] and [[Charles Goodnight]], probably the best-known of Texas ranchers.<ref name=PPHM>Exhibit at the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum in Canyon, Texas.</ref>
==Ranching experiences==
==Ranching experiences==