Estate Sale for Family Descendants of Those That Forged the Goodnight Loving Trail

We just discovered something really historically cool about the multi-house salel! This is the estate sale of Thomas and Betsy Goodnight. What we did not realize until recently is that Thomas's ancestor Charles Goodnight and his partner Oliver Loving forged the historical Goodnight Loving Trail in 1866 making a 2,000 mile cattle drive from Texas to Wyoming. We also discovered that Larry McMurtry drew heavy inspiration for the book "Lonesome Dove" from the details of this historic cattle drive. Woodrow Call was somewhat modeled after Charles Goodnight and Augustus McRae (Gus) was somewhat inspired by Oliver Loving. Oliver Loving was injured by Indians and later succumbed to his injuries in real life similar to what happened to Gus in the book (and movie). On the Goodnight Loving Trail drive there was also a Black right hand man to Charles Goodnight and trusted cowboy named Bose Ikard. In the book and movie his character was adapted into Joshua Deets. In addition, after talking to Betsy's daughter about this, she shared another interesting detail. Betsy is a descendant of Oliver Loving and that was the connection that got Thomas and Betsy originally talking and later start to date and fall in love and then marry many years ago. She said that Thomas made a sign for Betsy that said "The Goodnight Loving Trail Ends Here" and had it above their door for years. The family kept the sign. This multi-home estate sale is packed. Plenty of interesting history to be found. There are two houses next door to each other. Much of the items are from an old lumber yard/hardware store that closed down about 50 years ago. Lots of NOS, MCM, antiques, collectibles, glassware, furniture, linens, quilts and much much more. You can find Frankoma, Hull, McCoy, Gilner pottery, depression glass - including vaseline glass, Shawnee, Roseville, Redwing, black amethyst, Pyrex, Melmac, Czech glass, Dresden, Weller, Occupied Japan, Jeannette glass - blue delphite, Fostoria, Fenton, carnival glass, a lipstick doll, porcelain and ceramic decorative birds, art work and Royal Copley. You can also find china, nic-nacs, figurines, GWTW lamps, MCM lamps, Bibles, vintage children's books, cookbooks, linens, quilts - including the old Democrat donkey quilt, MCM plant stands, old albums, an old MCM cabinet radio/record player, vintage small kitchen appliances, pots and pans, vintage banks, NOS Sesame plushes in original boxes. There are hubcaps from the 1960's and up, a pair of large antique wooden wagon wheels in great condition, ladders - including old wooden ones, power washer in box, compressors in boxes, vintage wooden coke boxes, vintage manual push mower, 1960's bicycle, a couple of all metal wheel barrows, a one-man saw, tools/tools/tools. NOS weed eaters, NOS tank sprayers, water hoses, old typewriters and adding machines, NOS nuts and bolts, NOS Coleman stove, NOS faucets, lots and lots of old advertising yard sticks, lots of clippers of all kinds, yard tools and bolt cutters. Also included are deer mounts, a nice hospital bed, a pallet scale that can be used to weigh almost anything private or commercially (it can weigh up to several thousand pounds and has been kept in the house so is in very good condition), other medical equipment, lots of flower pots, old horse tac and much much more! You will rarely find the variety and volume that we will have at this sale. We will still be adding a few more pictures but most are online now. Hope to see you all soon! Sorry but no pre-pricing and no pre-sales. Also, please no children. - SATURDAY IS ALSO KOLACHE FESTIVAL IN CALDWELL SO WATCH FOR THE EXTRA ACTIVITY AND ON SATURDAY THE PARKING MAY BE CHALLENGING DUE TO THE FESTIVAL. IT WILL PROBABLY BE BEST TO ACCESS THIS ESTATE SALE FROM HIGHWAY 21 ON SATURDAY RATHER THAN HIGHWAY 36 DURING THE KOLACHE FESTIVAL ACTIVITY. THE FESTIVAL IS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND THIS ESTATE SALE IS ONLY A FEW BLOCKS FROM DOWNTOWN.