Bose Ikard - Texas Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

Texas Historical Commission Atlas data:
Index Entry: Ikard, Bose
Address: Front Street, at Old City Greenwood Cemetery
City: Weatherford
County: Parker
Subject Codes: African American topics; cowboys
Year Marker Erected: 1990
Marker Location: Old City Greenwood Cemetery (west side), Front Street -Weatherford
Marker Size: 18" x 28"
Related Waymarks:
Old City Greenwood Cemetery: WM5242
Bose Ikard's Star on the Texas Trail of Fame: WMPQC1

Marker Number: 461 Marker Text: (July 1834 - January 4, 1929) Born a slave in Mississippi, Bose Ikard came to Texas as a child with the family of his owner, Dr. Milton L. Ikard. He remained as an employee of Dr. Ikard following his emancipation, but in 1866 joined a cattle drive to Colorado led by Charles Goodnight and Oliver Loving. Ikard became one of Goodnight's best cowboys and a trusted friend. Following his work in the cattle drives, Ikard settled in Weatherford. He and his wife Angeline were the parents of six children. When he died in 1929 at age 85, Goodnight had a granite marker erected at his grave. (1990)

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