USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The autobiography of Nat Turner, also known as Red River Dick, and more popularly known as Deadwood Dick, is a pretty good read!

Detailed explanation-2: -*The birth of Nat Love in 1854 is celebrated on this date. He was a Black Pullman Porter, and Cowboy. Born on his master’s plantation in Davidson County in Tennessee, Love was raised in a log cabin. His master Robert Love, an extensive planter and the owner of many slaves owned his father and mother.

Detailed explanation-3: -He found work as a cowboy, first on the Duval Ranch in the Texas panhandle, then on the Gallinger Ranch in southern Arizona (1872-1890). During these years, Love traveled extensively throughout the western U.S. as he helped herd cattle to market.

Detailed explanation-4: -After winning a horse in a raffle he gave half the earnings from its sale to his mother, and took the other half and headed for Kansas at the age of 15. Love moved to Dodge City to find work as a cowboy. His skills paid off and soon he was driving cattle on the trails.

Detailed explanation-5: -Some black cowboys took up careers as rodeo performers or were hired as federal peace officers in Indian Territory. Others ultimately owned their own farms and ranches, while a few who followed the lure of the Wild West became gunfighters and outlaws.