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Widowed Cornelia Ritchie took her two sons, Arthur Ritchie and James Wadsworth "Jack" Ritchie (1861–1924), to [[Europe]] for their [[education]]. There she met and married in 1867 the wealthy landowner John Adair (March 3, 1823 – May 4, 1885). The Adairs moved to [[New York City]], where Adair had established a brokerage office. His uneasy temperament led the family west in search of what [[Benjamin Franklin]] had once described as the "safety valve" of economic prosperity through westward expansion.<ref>http://www.jstor.org/pss/1891816</ref> They reached Sidney, [[Nebraska]], and proceeded to [[Colorado]], where they joined Charles Goodnight's [[buffalo]] hunt. Goodnight told the Adairs about the Palo Duro country of [[Texas]], where cattle could thrive by grazing on the plains in the summer and spending the winter in the shelter of the canyon. The hunting trip ended in misfortune. Adair's gun accidentally discharged and killed his [[horse]], and Adair himself was injured in a fall.<ref name=JA />
Widowed Cornelia Ritchie took her two sons, Arthur Ritchie and James Wadsworth "Jack" Ritchie (1861–1924), to [[Europe]] for their [[education]]. There she met and married in 1867 the wealthy landowner John Adair (March 3, 1823 – May 4, 1885). The Adairs moved to [[New York City]], where Adair had established a brokerage office. His uneasy temperament led the family west in search of what [[Benjamin Franklin]] had once described as the "safety valve" of economic prosperity through westward expansion.<ref>http://www.jstor.org/pss/1891816</ref> They reached Sidney, [[Nebraska]], and proceeded to [[Colorado]], where they joined Charles Goodnight's [[buffalo]] hunt. Goodnight told the Adairs about the Palo Duro country of [[Texas]], where cattle could thrive by grazing on the plains in the summer and spending the winter in the shelter of the canyon. The hunting trip ended in misfortune. Adair's gun accidentally discharged and killed his [[horse]], and Adair himself was injured in a fall.<ref name=JA />
==Palo Duro country==
==Palo Duro country==
In 1876, a year after the Kiowa and Comanche] Indians had been forced onto a reservation, Goodnight became the first cattleman to bring herds onto the Llano Estacado, or the South Plains of West Texas. He drove 1,600 head of longhorns to the Palo Duro from Pueblo, Colorado.<ref>http://www.rra.dst.tx.us/c_t/people/maryanndyerGOODNIGHT.cfm</ref> to establish the "Old Home Ranch" near the Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River in southwestern Armstrong County near the site where [[United States Army]] [[Colonel]] Ranald S. Mackenzie (1840–1889) had fought the Indians in 1874.<ref>http://www.rra.dst.tx.us/virtual_red_river_tour/pdtf/page_13.cfm</ref> Goodnight's ranch consisted of [[corral]]s and picket houses built from [[timber]] cut in the canyon.<ref name=hbook>H. Allen Anderson, "JA Ranch," ''The Handbook of Texas.''</ref>
In 1876, a year after the Kiowa and Comanche] Indians had been forced onto a reservation, Goodnight became the first cattleman to bring herds onto the Llano Estacado, or the South Plains of West Texas. He drove 1,600 head of longhorns to the Palo Duro from Pueblo, Colorado.<ref>http://www.rra.dst.tx.us/c_t/people/maryanndyerGOODNIGHT.cfm</ref> to establish the "Old Home Ranch" near the Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River in southwestern Armstrong County near the site where [[United States Army]] [[Colonel]] Ranald S. Mackenzie (1840–1889) had fought the Indians in 1874.<ref>http://www.rra.dst.tx.us/virtual_red_river_tour/pdtf/page_13.cfm</ref> Goodnight's ranch consisted of [[corral]]s and picket houses built from [[timber]] cut in the canyon.<ref name=hbook>H. Allen Anderson, "JA Ranch," ''The Handbook of Texas.''</ref>