To: WENDLE
one of them was not the real wild west. Actually there were a number of black cowboys. Not as many as Mexican but they were there, mostly in Texas.
19 posted on
09/23/2016 8:56:55 PM PDT by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Not a Romantic, not a hero worshiper and stop trying to tug my heartstrings. It tickles!)
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
Jim Beckwourth was a black Mountain Man. he led Chivington to Sand Creek.
Bill Pickett started the rodeo competition of bulldogging (steer wrestling).
Bass Reeves was a deputy US Marshall in Indian Territory.
24 posted on
09/23/2016 9:09:31 PM PDT by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
(HANDGUNS; You don’t need it until you need it. And when you need it you NEED IT!”)
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