"Served with me four years on the Goodnight-Loving Trail, never shirked a duty or disobeyed an order, rode with me in many stampedes, participated in three engagements with Comanches. Splendid behavior."
Folk Figure. Born a slave in Noxubee County, Mississippi sometime between 1834 and 1849, he traveled to Texas as a child with the family of his owner, Dr. Milton L. Ikard. He continued to work for Dr. Ikard for a few years following emancipation, but in 1866 joined a cattle drive to Colorado led by Charles Goodnight and Oliver Loving. After Loving was killed by Comanches, Ikard continued to work for Goodnight for several more years and became a trusted friend. Ikard and his wife, Angeline, settled in Weatherford, Texas in 1869; the couple had six children. He developed a reputation for being a man of honor and integrity; Goodnight once said that he trusted Ikard more than any living man. After Ikard's death, Charles Goodnight erected a headstone for him with the inscription: "Served with me four years on Goodnight-Loving trail. Never shirked a duty or disobeyed an order. Rode with me in many stampedes. Participated in three engagements with Comanches. Splendid behavior. -C Goodnight." The Bose Ikard Elementary School in Weatherford, Texas is named in his honor. In 1997 Ikard was inducted into The Texas Trail of Fame. A statue of him can be seen at the Stockyards of Fort Worth.
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In 1869 Ikard wanted to settle in Colorado, but Goodnight persuaded him to buy a farm in Parker County, Texas, because there were so few blacks in Colorado. Ikard settled in Weatherford and began his family at a time when Indian attacks were still common in North Texas. In 1869 he participated in a running battle with Quanah Parker'sqv Comanche band, riding alongside his former master, Milton Ikard. Bose married a woman named Angelina in 1869 or 1870, and they had fifteen children. In his later years he attended several cowboy reunions. Goodnight visited him in Weatherford whenever the opportunity arose and gave him presents of money. Ikard died in Austin on January 4, 1929. After his burial in Greenwood Cemetery, Weatherford, Goodnight bought a granite marker and wrote an epitaph for his old friend:
When Ikard died, Goodnight wrote the epitaph quoted in "Lonesome Dove."
It says: "Served with me four years on the Goodnight-Loving Trail, never shirked a duty or disobeyed an order, rode with me in many stampedes, participated in three engagements with Comanches. Splendid behavior."
SOURCE:Handbook of Texas, Texas State Historial Association: Ikard, Bose (1843-1929)
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Folk Figure. Born a slave in Noxubee County, Mississippi sometime between 1834 and 1849, he traveled to Texas as a child with the family of his owner, Dr. Milton L. Ikard. He continued to work for Dr. Ikard for a few years following emancipation, but in 1866 joined a cattle drive to Colorado led by Charles Goodnight and Oliver Loving. After Loving was killed by Comanches, Ikard continued to work for Goodnight for several more years and became a trusted friend. Ikard and his wife, Angeline, settled in Weatherford, Texas in 1869; the couple had six children. He developed a reputation for being a man of honor and integrity; Goodnight once said that he trusted Ikard more than any living man. After Ikard's death, Charles Goodnight erected a headstone for him with the inscription: "Served with me four years on Goodnight-Loving trail. Never shirked a duty or disobeyed an order. Rode with me in many stampedes. Participated in three engagements with Comanches. Splendid behavior. -C Goodnight." The Bose Ikard Elementary School in Weatherford, Texas is named in his honor. In 1997 Ikard was inducted into The Texas Trail of Fame. A statue of him can be seen at the Stockyards of Fort Worth.
Suggested edit: BIO TIDBITS:
In 1869 Ikard wanted to settle in Colorado, but Goodnight persuaded him to buy a farm in Parker County, Texas, because there were so few blacks in Colorado. Ikard settled in Weatherford and began his family at a time when Indian attacks were still common in North Texas. In 1869 he participated in a running battle with Quanah Parker'sqv Comanche band, riding alongside his former master, Milton Ikard. Bose married a woman named Angelina in 1869 or 1870, and they had fifteen children. In his later years he attended several cowboy reunions. Goodnight visited him in Weatherford whenever the opportunity arose and gave him presents of money. Ikard died in Austin on January 4, 1929. After his burial in Greenwood Cemetery, Weatherford, Goodnight bought a granite marker and wrote an epitaph for his old friend:
When Ikard died, Goodnight wrote the epitaph quoted in "Lonesome Dove."
It says: "Served with me four years on the Goodnight-Loving Trail, never shirked a duty or disobeyed an order, rode with me in many stampedes, participated in three engagements with Comanches. Splendid behavior."
SOURCE:Handbook of Texas, Texas State Historial Association: Ikard, Bose (1843-1929)
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"Served with me four years on the Goodnight-Loving Trail, never shirked a duty or disobeyed an order, rode with me in many stampedes, participated in three engagements with Comanches. Splendid behavior."
Folk Figure. Born a slave in Noxubee County, Mississippi sometime between 1834 and 1849, he traveled to Texas as a child with the family of his owner, Dr. Milton L. Ikard. He continued to work for Dr. Ikard for a few years following emancipation, but in 1866 joined a cattle drive to Colorado led by Charles Goodnight and Oliver Loving. After Loving was killed by Comanches, Ikard continued to work for Goodnight for several more years and became a trusted friend. Ikard and his wife, Angeline, settled in Weatherford, Texas in 1869; the couple had six children. He developed a reputation for being a man of honor and integrity; Goodnight once said that he trusted Ikard more than any living man. After Ikard's death, Charles Goodnight erected a headstone for him with the inscription: "Served with me four years on Goodnight-Loving trail. Never shirked a duty or disobeyed an order. Rode with me in many stampedes. Participated in three engagements with Comanches. Splendid behavior. -C Goodnight." The Bose Ikard Elementary School in Weatherford, Texas is named in his honor. In 1997 Ikard was inducted into The Texas Trail of Fame. A statue of him can be seen at the Stockyards of Fort Worth.
Suggested edit: BIO TIDBITS:
In 1869 Ikard wanted to settle in Colorado, but Goodnight persuaded him to buy a farm in Parker County, Texas, because there were so few blacks in Colorado. Ikard settled in Weatherford and began his family at a time when Indian attacks were still common in North Texas. In 1869 he participated in a running battle with Quanah Parker'sqv Comanche band, riding alongside his former master, Milton Ikard. Bose married a woman named Angelina in 1869 or 1870, and they had fifteen children. In his later years he attended several cowboy reunions. Goodnight visited him in Weatherford whenever the opportunity arose and gave him presents of money. Ikard died in Austin on January 4, 1929. After his burial in Greenwood Cemetery, Weatherford, Goodnight bought a granite marker and wrote an epitaph for his old friend:
When Ikard died, Goodnight wrote the epitaph quoted in "Lonesome Dove."
It says: "Served with me four years on the Goodnight-Loving Trail, never shirked a duty or disobeyed an order, rode with me in many stampedes, participated in three engagements with Comanches. Splendid behavior."
SOURCE:Handbook of Texas, Texas State Historial Association: Ikard, Bose (1843-1929)
::: Contributor: genieangel (47288257)
Folk Figure. Born a slave in Noxubee County, Mississippi sometime between 1834 and 1849, he traveled to Texas as a child with the family of his owner, Dr. Milton L. Ikard. He continued to work for Dr. Ikard for a few years following emancipation, but in 1866 joined a cattle drive to Colorado led by Charles Goodnight and Oliver Loving. After Loving was killed by Comanches, Ikard continued to work for Goodnight for several more years and became a trusted friend. Ikard and his wife, Angeline, settled in Weatherford, Texas in 1869; the couple had six children. He developed a reputation for being a man of honor and integrity; Goodnight once said that he trusted Ikard more than any living man. After Ikard's death, Charles Goodnight erected a headstone for him with the inscription: "Served with me four years on Goodnight-Loving trail. Never shirked a duty or disobeyed an order. Rode with me in many stampedes. Participated in three engagements with Comanches. Splendid behavior. -C Goodnight." The Bose Ikard Elementary School in Weatherford, Texas is named in his honor. In 1997 Ikard was inducted into The Texas Trail of Fame. A statue of him can be seen at the Stockyards of Fort Worth.
Suggested edit: BIO TIDBITS:
In 1869 Ikard wanted to settle in Colorado, but Goodnight persuaded him to buy a farm in Parker County, Texas, because there were so few blacks in Colorado. Ikard settled in Weatherford and began his family at a time when Indian attacks were still common in North Texas. In 1869 he participated in a running battle with Quanah Parker'sqv Comanche band, riding alongside his former master, Milton Ikard. Bose married a woman named Angelina in 1869 or 1870, and they had fifteen children. In his later years he attended several cowboy reunions. Goodnight visited him in Weatherford whenever the opportunity arose and gave him presents of money. Ikard died in Austin on January 4, 1929. After his burial in Greenwood Cemetery, Weatherford, Goodnight bought a granite marker and wrote an epitaph for his old friend:
When Ikard died, Goodnight wrote the epitaph quoted in "Lonesome Dove."
It says: "Served with me four years on the Goodnight-Loving Trail, never shirked a duty or disobeyed an order, rode with me in many stampedes, participated in three engagements with Comanches. Splendid behavior."
SOURCE:Handbook of Texas, Texas State Historial Association: Ikard, Bose (1843-1929)
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