J. Evetts Haley

James Evetts Haley, Sr., usually known as J. Evetts Haley , was a Texasborn political activist and historian who wrote multiple works on the American West, including an enduring biography of cattleman Charles Goodnight. Haley determined Goodnight to have been a man of greatness and claimed that Goodnights detractors were lessthansuccessful persons envious of Goodnights achievement and bearing. His political views were ultraconservative.

Haley was born to John Alva Haley and the former Julia Haley in Belton, Texas on July 5, 1901. In 1906, Haleys family moved to Midland, Texas where his father operated a hardware store then a hotel. Haley worked as a rancher and as a young man competed in popular rodeos. He graduated from Midland High School and West Texas AampM University in Canyon, the seat of Randall County in the Palo Duro Canyon country south of Amarillo.

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