Ned Huddleston (also known as Isom Dart) was born into  slavery  in  Arkansas  in 1849. His reputation as a rider, roper and bronco-buster earned him the nicknames of the “Black Fox” and the “Calico  Cowboy .”  He was also a notorious  Wyoming  Territory  outlaw . In 1861 twelve-year-old Huddleston accompanied his owner, a Confederate officer, into  Texas  during the  Civil War . After being freed at the end of the war Huddleston headed for the southern Texas- Mexico  border region where he found work at a rodeo, became a stunt rider and honed his skills as a master horseman. Huddleston straddled both sides of the law. For a time he and a young Mexican bandit named Terresa survived as rustlers stealing horses in Mexico and selling them in Texas. Huddleston later joined a cattle drive heading northwest to Brown’s Hole in the  Colorado -Wyoming area around 1871. The 6’2” Huddleston briefly found success mining go...