My grandmother was raised near Wayside on the rim of the Palo Duro Canyon. She was born in 1910. She used to tell us about a time when she was a little girl and their neighbor, Charles Goodnight, invited all the neighbors over to his place. She said he brought some Indians over from the reservation in Oklahoma and had them kill a buffalo with their bows and arrows the way they used to. She said the Indians then butchered the buffalo, and then they had a big barbecue.
She never mentioned anything about Mr. Goodnight filming the event. I imagine she didn't remember that part. But he made a silent movie, and this event was a part of it. She likely never saw the film. She would have been either 5 or 6 years old, depending on what month this happened in 1916.
She passed away a few months shy of her 100th birthday in 2010. I wish she could have seen this film. She would have loved seeing it. Maybe she could tell me if the kids at the 22:40 mark are her and her siblings. I can't tell.
I found the film by accident a few years ago on DVD for sale at the Panhandle Plains Historical Museum at West Texas A&M University in Canyon. I bought a copy. Dad and Zach and I went to the museum the other day over Thanksgiving, and we looked for the DVD to buy dad a copy. They didn't have any more. But then we found the video online here. It's a pretty cool piece of history. It's especially cool for me, after hearing Mimi tell the story about it all my life.
Click this link to watch the video.....
She never mentioned anything about Mr. Goodnight filming the event. I imagine she didn't remember that part. But he made a silent movie, and this event was a part of it. She likely never saw the film. She would have been either 5 or 6 years old, depending on what month this happened in 1916.
She passed away a few months shy of her 100th birthday in 2010. I wish she could have seen this film. She would have loved seeing it. Maybe she could tell me if the kids at the 22:40 mark are her and her siblings. I can't tell.
I found the film by accident a few years ago on DVD for sale at the Panhandle Plains Historical Museum at West Texas A&M University in Canyon. I bought a copy. Dad and Zach and I went to the museum the other day over Thanksgiving, and we looked for the DVD to buy dad a copy. They didn't have any more. But then we found the video online here. It's a pretty cool piece of history. It's especially cool for me, after hearing Mimi tell the story about it all my life.
Click this link to watch the video.....
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