Lawman Bass Reeves - Black Hero Marshal of Old Wild West
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Lawman Bass Reeves - Black Hero Marshal of Old Wild West
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Deputy United States Marshal Bass Reeves, born a slave in Arkansas, grew up in Lamar and Grayson Counties, Texas, where he was owned by Colonel George R. Reeves, who later became Speaker of the House of Representatives. in the Texas Legislature. As a young man, Bass Reeves fled north to Indian Territory and became acquainted with the Cherokee, Creek, and Seminole people. He is said to have served as a private in the Union Indian Home Guard regiments during the Civil War. After the war, Reeves settled in Van Buren, Arkansas, working as a farmer. At times, he served as a guide for deputy U.S. marshals working from the federal courthouse in Fort Smith, Arkansas, to Indian Territory. Reeves once boasted that he knew Indian Territory "like a chef knows how to cook" and that with his skills and knowledge of the territory he could make good money as a scout and tracker peace officers. In 1875, when Judge Isaac C. Parker took charge of the federal court in Fort Smith, Parker appointed Reeves deputy United States marshal. He is believed to have been one of the first African Americans to receive a commission as a deputy U.S. marshal west of the Mississippi River.
Reeves worked for thirty-two years as a deputy marshal in Indian Territory. He was the only legislator to start with the Parker court and work until Oklahoma statehood in 1907. Reeves, who was 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighed 180 pounds, became a celebrity during his lifetime. in Indian territory. Muskogee Police Chief Bud Ledbetter said of him, “The veteran black cop never shied away from a man. » Reeves became an expert in using pistols and rifles. Local newspapers said he killed 14 outlaws during his time as a peace officer.
When Reeves began representing Judge Parker, the jurisdiction covered more than 75,000 square miles. Delegates from Fort Smith headed west to Fort Reno, Fort Sill and Anadarko, a journey of more than 800 miles. When a deputy marshal left Fort Smith to capture outlaws in the territory, he took with him a wagon, a cook as guard, and at least one man from the company. Reeves was transferred to Wetumka, Indian Territory in 1897, then to Muskogee in 1898 after federal courts were opened in the territory. On November 28, 1901, the Chickasaw Enterprise reported that Bass Reeves had arrested more than three thousand men and women for violating the territory's federal laws.
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Have seen movie's about Bass Reeves but this is so much more information about this man, thanks
Okay, Lawmen Bass Reeves was a big disappointment. If you want a superior series on Bass Reeves watch "Wild West Chronicles" Bass Reeves - Trailblazing Lawman" First episode is on UA-cam.
Also watch Marlon Ladd's version on UA-cam as its great also.
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Bass reeves is well worth o good western action movie. Any good movie producer would jump on the present opportunity to make a movie on this GREAT western hero.
“Fun fact, The Lone Ranger was created because Bass Reeves existed.😮
Reeves was always subjected to the white racism of the times. He never really earned respect from the heart because there was none in the rancid racist. But he did make them give him the only form of respect they could.
But even so, after demonstrated excellence he never really got what he deserved and earned from law enforcement. It was a bastion of racism then and now. Reeves was never in a unit or on a force where he could not have lead that unit or force. But those positions never were granted, and I suspect he knew they never would be. Not because of who he was, but because of who and what they were.
sammy davies played a similar role in the trackers with earnest borgnine good movie