A chuckwagon on the JA Ranch, 1907. The ranch, which is the oldest ranch in the Texas Panhandle, was founded by Charles Goodnight in 1877 and at one point was more than 1,325,000 acres, though it's considerably smaller now. Photographer: Erwin Smith
Will Rogers was the very definition of American.
Born to a Cherokee Nation family in Oologah, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma), Rogers joked that though his ancestors didn't come over on the Mayflower, they "met the boat". Dog Iron Ranch, the property of Will's father Clement Vann Rogers, had as...
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