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Isam Dart

Isam Dart, also known as Isom, was a cattle driver, rancher, and horse and cattle rustler during the late 19th century in the Wild West. He settled in Browns Park in northwestern Colorado, where he was considered by his neighbors to be a "superlative rider and roper, a good neighbor, and an expert and industrious cattle thief." He and his partner Mat Rash were gunned down in separate events and were believed to have been assassinated by Tom Horn, a hired gunman.

Early years
According to the Museum of Northwest Colorado, Dart was born in Texas about 1858. His father was Cyrus (also Silas) Dart, a farmer in Seguin, Texas. He had a sister and two brothers. The family lived amongst a diverse community of Hispanics, Native Americans, Blacks, and whites. He began earning money wrangling cattle in his teens, when he rounded up wild cattle. He worked at the Goodnight Ranch. He stole horses with a man named Terresa. ==Wyoming and Browns Park==
Wyoming and Browns Park
In 1881, Dart was one of a group of men who drove cattle north to Wyoming Territory. He worked on a large ranch there, wrangling horses. In 1898, Dart was a member of a posse that tracked down men who had killed a teenager, Willie Strang, in Browns Park. They cornered the men on a rocky hillside where Harry Tracy killed Valentine Hoy. ==Colorado Range War==
Colorado Range War
The Colorado Range War began by 1899 when large ranchers hired Tom Horn, a stock detective and former Pinkerton detective. Tom Horn was charged in 1902 with killing a fourteen-year-old boy, Willie Nickels, the son of the rancher Kels P. Nickels, in July 1901. Journalists suspected Horn of killing Dart and Rash. ==Erroneous historical information==
Erroneous historical information
According to the Museum of Northwest Colorado and others, much of what is known about Isam Dart has been erroneous. Dart was not Ned Huddleston and was not born into slavery in Arkansas. ==Popular culture==
Popular culture
• He was portrayed by Danny Glover in ''Hannah's Law'' (2012 film). • Louis Gossett Jr. played the role of Isom Picket, which was a fictional character based upon Bill Picket and Isam Dart, in the Return to Lonesome Dove (1993 television film). ==See also==
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