The Iowa Colored Cowboys was a barnstorming softball team, consisting mostly of black players, that played during the 1960s.
[2] As many as over a thousand people gathered to watch performances by the Iowa Colored Cowboys, in an atmosphere similar to a Harlem Globetrotters event.
[1] The team had players who were also entertainers, who Fisher said was "a Ball-Circus, America's greatest summer sport show.
[1] Other players included "Tree Top" Patrick, Rip Collins, "Popeye" Smith, and L. J.
[1] In 2007, the State Historical Museum in Des Moines, Iowa, opened an exhibit titled "Shades of Greatness: Art Inspired by Negro Leagues Baseball" that included a booklet about the team.