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I thought we need to learn about the west... Black outlaws... I did a thread once on the Black U S Marshall of the old west working for Judge Parker...
Link:https://owlcation.com/humanities/Black-Outlaws-Cowboys-And-Lawmen-Of-The-Old-West
Isom Dart | Source
Ned Huddleston AKA Isom Dart
Another famous black outlaw and rustler was Ned Huddleston (also known as Isom Dart) who was born a slave in Arkansas in 1849. He earned a reputation as a rider, roper, and bronco-buster and was called the “Black Fox” and the “Calico Cowboy.” He was also a notorious Wyoming Territory outlaw.
In 1861 twelve-year-old, Huddleston accompanied his owner, a Confederate officer, to Texas during the Civil War. Huddleston was freed at the end of the war and took off for the Southern Texas/Mexico border region where he found work at a rodeo as a stunt rider and became a master horseman.
He joined a notorious band of rustlers called The Tip Gualt Gang, and changed his name to Isom Dart. He trained horses for the Wild Bunch, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid’s gang, and was a successful rustler.
He tried many times to give up his rustler’s life and go straight, but the call of the wild was too strong for him, and he kept going back to it. This would be his downfall. On August 3, 1900, as he came out of the front door of his ranch, the notorious range detective Tom Horn, who had been hired by local ranchers to rid the area of rustlers, shot him dead.
Cherokee Bill (Crawford Goldsby) | Source
Cherokee Bill
Cherokee Bill's real name was Crawford Goldsby, and his father was black and served with the Buffalo Soldiers. His mother was part black and Native American. He was born on February 8, 1876, in Fort Concho, Texas, one of St. George and Ellen Goldsby's four children.
In July 1894 Cherokee Bill was involved in a host of robberies and murders as part of the notorious Cook gang headed up by brothers, Bill, and Jim Cook. He and the Cook gang ran havoc over the Indian Territory for over two years.
On November 8, 1894, Cherokee Bill and the cook gang robbed the Shufeldt & Son General Store, during the robbery Cherokee shot and killed Ernest Melton, an innocent bystander, who had the misfortune of entering the store as it was being robbed.
Cherokee was said to have such a bad temper that when he and his brother-in-law, Mose Brown, got in a dispute about some hogs. Cherokee shot and killed him. Cherokee Bill was responsible for the murders of at least seven men during his lifetime.
Cherokee Bill's career as an outlaw come to an end in 1896, when he was captured, tried, and sentenced to hang for the murders he committed by the so-called "hanging judge" Isaac Parker.
When the noose was placed around his neck he was asked if he had any last words, he said, "I came here to die, not make a speech." And the notorious career of Crawford "Cherokee Bill" Goldsby, had come to an end.
Link:https://owlcation.com/humanities/Black-Outlaws-Cowboys-And-Lawmen-Of-The-Old-West
Isom Dart | Source
Ned Huddleston AKA Isom Dart
Another famous black outlaw and rustler was Ned Huddleston (also known as Isom Dart) who was born a slave in Arkansas in 1849. He earned a reputation as a rider, roper, and bronco-buster and was called the “Black Fox” and the “Calico Cowboy.” He was also a notorious Wyoming Territory outlaw.
In 1861 twelve-year-old, Huddleston accompanied his owner, a Confederate officer, to Texas during the Civil War. Huddleston was freed at the end of the war and took off for the Southern Texas/Mexico border region where he found work at a rodeo as a stunt rider and became a master horseman.
He joined a notorious band of rustlers called The Tip Gualt Gang, and changed his name to Isom Dart. He trained horses for the Wild Bunch, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid’s gang, and was a successful rustler.
He tried many times to give up his rustler’s life and go straight, but the call of the wild was too strong for him, and he kept going back to it. This would be his downfall. On August 3, 1900, as he came out of the front door of his ranch, the notorious range detective Tom Horn, who had been hired by local ranchers to rid the area of rustlers, shot him dead.
Cherokee Bill (Crawford Goldsby) | Source
Cherokee Bill
Cherokee Bill's real name was Crawford Goldsby, and his father was black and served with the Buffalo Soldiers. His mother was part black and Native American. He was born on February 8, 1876, in Fort Concho, Texas, one of St. George and Ellen Goldsby's four children.
In July 1894 Cherokee Bill was involved in a host of robberies and murders as part of the notorious Cook gang headed up by brothers, Bill, and Jim Cook. He and the Cook gang ran havoc over the Indian Territory for over two years.
On November 8, 1894, Cherokee Bill and the cook gang robbed the Shufeldt & Son General Store, during the robbery Cherokee shot and killed Ernest Melton, an innocent bystander, who had the misfortune of entering the store as it was being robbed.
Cherokee was said to have such a bad temper that when he and his brother-in-law, Mose Brown, got in a dispute about some hogs. Cherokee shot and killed him. Cherokee Bill was responsible for the murders of at least seven men during his lifetime.
Cherokee Bill's career as an outlaw come to an end in 1896, when he was captured, tried, and sentenced to hang for the murders he committed by the so-called "hanging judge" Isaac Parker.
When the noose was placed around his neck he was asked if he had any last words, he said, "I came here to die, not make a speech." And the notorious career of Crawford "Cherokee Bill" Goldsby, had come to an end.
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