USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Bose Ikard (1843 – January 4, 1929) was an African American cowboy who participated in the pioneering cattle drives on what became known as the Goodnight–Loving Trail, after the American Civil War and through 1869.

Detailed explanation-2: -Bose Ikard was born a slave in July 1843 in Noxubee County, Mississippi, and became one of the most famous Black frontiersmen and traildrivers in Texas. He lived in Union Parish, Louisiana, before his master, Dr. Milton Ikard, moved to Texas in 1852.

Detailed explanation-3: -The result was the Goodnight-Loving Trail, a 700-mile route through west Texas and New Mexico that eventually brought the cattle right into the booming mining regions of Colorado.