Viewing the Haley/Goodnight Cattle Drive Map

I had the great fortune of stumbling upon a nice map today in the Nita Stewart Haley Memorial Library and Archives in Midland, Texas.

This map was handrawn by J. Evetts Haley after speaking with Charles Goodnight illustrating the cattle drives done by Goodnight and his partner Oliver Loving.  You might recall a fictional account of the story of Goodnight and Loving's third cattle drive in the Lonesome Dove series.  The map was lost for several years in Haley's copious collection of papers until reportedly recovered around 1980(?).  The map was sent to an unamed University for restoration and 100 copies were produced and sold. This is the original.

Goodnight was a character and inventor of the Chuck Wagon.  I admire him for traveling hundreds of hostile miles to deliver his buddy Loving's body back to Weatherford, Texas to be buried.  That is true and lasting friendship.

For further reading see:

 

1936 

    Haley, J. Evetts

       Charles Goodnight Cow Man & Plainsman. University of Oklahoma Press.

Enfield MKIII Project

I am currently restoring my Lee-Enfield MKIII. My friend Trey Cranford has been kind enough to let me use his gunshop to work in, and this project looks like it will be a lot of fun.

According to my friend Trey, the stampings on the gun indicate it was in service in Australia. This is further evinced by the stock which appears to be Australian Coachwood.  (I am refinishing the stock first, so figuring this part out was important)

I am preparing a brief history on the model which I will post soon.

Leadership versus Authority

It amazes me sometimes how people can mistake authority for leadership.  Real leaders do not need authority, nor do they often crave it.  People follow ideas and the folks brave enough to stand in front of them, not a position of authority.  I have witnessed many people from my generation abuse authority,.  Furthermore, these same people do not question the fundamental leadership values that are inherent in social power.....Ideas.....The carrot and the stick approach only works if the IDEA of the carrot is appealing.