Armstrong County Museum
Plains Trail Region
120 North Trice
Claude, TX 79019
The removal of American Indians from the Texas Panhandle after the Red River War allowed ranchers like Charles Goodnight to acquire property now open to ranching and Anglo settlement. Still, bands of Comanches came down to hunt buffalo. The scarcity of bison prompted Goodnight to enter into an agreement with Quanah Parker to provide the group with cattle while they were hunting, provided that his bison herd remain undisturbed. Learn more about Goodnight in this audio track.
The Armstrong County Museum in Claude houses extensive exhibits on the life and times of Charles Goodnight, including his JA Cattle Ranch and the work of the Goodnight family to save the Southern Plains buffalo.
Armstrong County Museum
120 North Trice
Claude, TX 79019