Bass Reeves (July 1838 – January 12, 1910) was a deputy U.S. Marshal, gunfighter, farmer, scout, tracker, railroad agent, and a runaway slave. He spoke the languages of several Native American tribes including Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Seminole and Creek.

2025年2月25日 · Bass Reeves (born 1838, Crawford county, Arkansas, U.S.—died January 12, 1910, Muskogee, Oklahoma, U.S.) was an American lawman who was one of the first deputy U.S. marshals of African descent in the American West.

2024年1月7日 · One of the most legendary lawmen of the Wild West, Bass Reeves was the first Black man to become a Deputy U.S. Marshal. Often seen riding a large white stallion, Bass Reeves policed all 75,000 square miles of Indian Territory.

2025年2月12日 · Arkansas native Bass Reeves was one of the first Black lawmen west of the Mississippi River. As one of the most respected lawmen working in Indian Territory, he achieved legendary status for the number of criminals he captured. Bass Reeves was born enslaved in Crawford County in July 1838.

Bass Reeves was one of the first ever Black deputy U.S. marshals in American history. This was not at all common, especially west of the Mississippi River. Of hundreds of law enforcement hires in 1875, he was the only one to stay on until 1907, the year Oklahoma gained statehood.

2018年2月1日 · In fact, it was one of many feats of Bass Reeves, a legendary lawman of the Wild West—a man whose true adventures rivaled those of the outlaw-wrangling masked character.

2024年7月13日 · Bass Reeves was a legend in his own time. He was the epitome of dedication to duty, Judge Parker's most trusted deputy and one of the greatest lawmen of the western frontier. On January 12, 1910, Bass Reeves died at the age of 71, in Muskogee, Oklahoma.

2023年11月13日 · Bass Reeves, a coal-black Negro, was a U.S. Deputy Marshal during one time and he was the most feared U.S. marshal that was ever heard in that country. To any man or any criminal what was subject to arrest he did his full duty according to law.

2021年1月25日 · This is the best known photograph of Deputy U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves, possibly the greatest lawman of the Old West. Born into slavery, the Arkansas native became a lauded, and legendary U.S. deputy marshal. Bass Reeves began his life as a slave in the state of Arkansas in July 1838, near the town of Van Buren.

REEVES, BASS (1838–1910). Deputy U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves, born as a slave in Arkansas, grew up in Lamar and Grayson counties, Texas, where he belonged to Col. George R. Reeves, later to become the speaker of the house in the Texas legislature.