A local rancher and Texas Panhandle pioneer, Charles Goodnight, is credited with inventing the chuckwagon, an iconic symbol of the great cattle drives of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and a critical part of keeping cattle moving across the Great Plains.
And many experienced Chuckwagon cooks are still hard at work--Chuckwagon cook-offs are a popular competitive arena for their skill.
The fire-pit cooking techniques used to Keep the hard-working cowhands fed are still popular today.
A local rancher and Texas Panhandle pioneer, Charles Goodnight, is credited with inventing the chuckwagon, an iconic symbol of the great cattle drives of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and a critical part of keeping cattle moving across the Great Plains
