Deadwood Dick #1043

Caption from poster__       " The Life and Adventures of Nat Love    " Deadwood Dick "   A True History of Slavery Days,  Life on the Great Cattle Ranges and on the Plains  of the "Wild and Woolly" West, Based on Facts,  and Personal Experiences of the Author:"     Nat Love (1854 - 1921) was an African American cowboy during the time of the Wild West. He claimed to be "Deadwood Dick," a character made famous by dime novels; he may have the strongest historical claim to that moniker. In 1907, Love wrote his autobiography, "Life and Adventures of Nat Love." Love was born a slave in Davidson County,Tennessee, in 1854. He later went west to Dodge City, Kansas, and became a cowboy. He claimed that he entered a rodeo at Deadwood City in the Dakota Territory in 1876 and that's where he earned the nickname "Deadwood Dick." In October 1876, he was captured by a band of Akimel O'odham (Pima) while rounding up stray cattle near the Gila River in Arizona. Love reported that his life was spared bec