Nat Love

Nat Love (1854 - 1921) was an African American cowboy during the time of the Wild West. He claimed to be the infamous "Deadwood Dick," and may have the strongest historical claim to that moniker.

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 later entered a rodeo at Deadwood City in the Dakota Territory in 1876 where he earned the nickname "Deadwood Dick."

In 1907, Love wrote an autobiography entitled "Life and Adventures of Nat Love."

Love spent the latter part of his life working as a Pullman porter.

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