Isom Dart was one of the Black cowboys of the west whose story is not commonly known.
Believed to have been born around the 1850s in Arkansas, his name was previously Ned Huddleston. In time, he made a name for himself after being freed from slavery in Arkansas and moving out west.
He eventually changed his name to Isom Dart.
Dart was said to be the best sharpshooter around, one of his nicknames being “Quick Shot.”
Records from the pages of history revealed that Dart often found himself on the wrong side of the law. There were reports of him stealing cattle, getting into fights and gambling.
Toward the end of his life, however, Dart stepped away from that lifestyle and wanted to settle down into a simpler life. Dart at one point bought and ran a successful ranch near Brown’s Hole — which was also known as Brown’s Park.
A man was reportedly hired by a large company to shoot and kill Dart so that company could go in and take his land away by force. Dart was in his early 50s when he was killed.
He was and buried in an isolated grave in Colorado.
Isom Dart was one of the Black cowboys of the west whose story is not commonly known.
Believed to have been born around the 1850s in Arkansas, his name was previously Ned Huddleston. In time, he made a name for himself after being freed from slavery in Arkansas and moving out west.
He eventually changed his name to Isom Dart.
Dart was said to be the best sharpshooter around, one of his nicknames being “Quick Shot.”
Records from the pages of history revealed that Dart often found himself on the wrong side of the law. There were reports of him stealing cattle, getting into fights and gambling.
Toward the end of his life, however, Dart stepped away from that lifestyle and wanted to settle down into a simpler life. Dart at one point bought and ran a successful ranch near Brown’s Hole — which was also known as Brown’s Park.
A man was reportedly hired by a large company to shoot and kill Dart so that company could go in and take his land away by force. Dart was in his early 50s when he was killed.
He was and buried in an isolated grave in Colorado.
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