Nat Love not only had a distinctive name, his nickname was Deadwood Dick, but also a distinctive look with long hair, a hat pulled back and a white neckerchief. He was born in Tennessee. He won a raffle and used the prize money to travel west. He first worked o a ranch in Texas and learned to shoot, rope and wrestle cattle. He would later win a competition in Deadwood, South Dakota. He won the shooting, roping, bronco riding, bridling and almost every prize. He lived in Arizona and was contemporary with Pat Garret, Bat Masterson and Billy the Kid. He married andf decided to settle down and from there lived in Los Angeles and worked for the train company. He wrote his own autobiography.
Information from the book, The True West by Mifflin Lowe.
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