Bose Ikard | |
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| Born | 1843 Noxubee County, Mississippi |
| Died | 1929 |
| Occupation | cowboy |
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. Aspects of his life inspired the fictional character Joshua Deets, the African-American cowboy in Larry McMurtry's novel Lonesome Dove.[1]
- ^ Wagner, Tricia Martineau (2010). "Never Shirked A Duty, Bose Ikard". Black Cowboys of the Old West: True, Sensational, and Little-Known Stories from History. Globe Pequot. ISBN 9780762760718.