Nate Love-Cowboy

[penquin]

This cutting is of Nate Love one of the most famous and popular black cowboys.  Here is a bit of his history.  Pattern is by Fish.

Had a lot of fun with this one.  One of the original old west folks.

 

Love fought cattle rustlers and endured inclement weather. He was an expert marksman and cowboy. When he entered a rodeo in Deadwood, South Dakota, on the 4th of July in 1876, he won the rope, throw, tie, bridle, saddle, and bronco riding contests. It was at this rodeo that fans gave him the nickname "Deadwood Dick".^[1]

On October 1877, he was captured by a band of Akimel O'odham (Pima) while rounding up stray cattle near the Gila River in Arizona. Love reported that his life was spared because the Indians respected his fighting ability. Eventually, he stole a pony and managed to escape into west Texas.

Love spent the latter part of his life working as a pullman porter on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. He died in Los Angeles in 1921 at the age of 67.

jim

penquin

[Scrolling Steve]

Well cut Jim!!.....Thanks for the background information........Well done!

[rdatelle]

Nice cutting Jim.

[heppnerguy]

A novel cut piece and I loved the history lesson. I have not heard of him before and enjoyed reading your descriptive piece on him. Fish always does such a fine job on his patterns they areal lean and nice to cut while giving you just the right amount of detail to make it jump out at you

 

Dick

heppnerguy

[bobscroll]

Very nice scrolling there Jim, And thank you for the history lesson!

Bob           

[DWSUDEKUM]

Very nicely done Jim.  You should put that information on a card and attach it to the back of that portrait.  Thanks for sharing this with us.

 

DW

[LarB]

That's superbly cut!! You're very good at putting life back into history. Nice selection of timber for the frame too.

[Lucky2]

Nice cutting Jim, believe it or not, but, I actually heard of this fellow before.

Len

[Fish]

That is sharp! You did some great cutting.  The frame is perfect for it.   Glad you enjoyed it.

[amazingkevin]

This cutting is of Nate Love one of the most famous and popular black cowboys.  Here is a bit of his history.  Pattern is by Fish.

Had a lot of fun with this one.  One of the original old west folks.

 

Love fought cattle rustlers and endured inclement weather. He was an expert marksman and cowboy. When he entered a rodeo in Deadwood, South Dakota, on the 4th of July in 1876, he won the rope, throw, tie, bridle, saddle, and bronco riding contests. It was at this rodeo that fans gave him the nickname "Deadwood Dick".^[1]

On October 1877, he was captured by a band of Akimel O'odham (Pima) while rounding up stray cattle near the Gila River in Arizona. Love reported that his life was spared because the Indians respected his fighting ability. Eventually, he stole a pony and managed to escape into west Texas.

Love spent the latter part of his life working as a pullman porter on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. He died in Los Angeles in 1921 at the age of 67.

jim

penquin

I didn't want the story to end .Nothing can stop the will,determination and love of something to come out on top.Love seeing your work ;) ;) ;)

[wombatie]

Great cutting Jim.  I had never heard of Nate Love before so I appreciated the little biography.  67 was a good age back then and from what you told us.

 

Marg

[frankorona]

Wonderful work, and very nice story            

[smitty0312]

Nice job Jim, looks good and you should be very proud of yourself.

[gator]

That looks great