– An Arkansas lawman who brought order to the old west is being honored with a state capitol portrait. Secretary of State John Thurston unveiled a portrait of Bass Reeves on Wednesday.

An 8-foot statue of lawman Bass Reeves will be unveiled 3 p.m. Saturday at Three Rivers Museum. The statue, sculpted by Joel Randell of Luther, features Reeves walking his beat as a Muskogee ...

MUSKOGEE, Okla. — The Three Rivers Museum unveiled its new statue of lawman Bass Reeves. Bass Reeves has been described as one of the most prolific Deputy Marshals in the Old West.

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Reeves was born in Crawford County Arkansas in 1930 and died in Muskogee in 1910. He served 32 years as U.S. Deputy Marshal in Indian Territory, then served as a lawman in Muskogee from 1897 until ...

The final resting place of Bass Reeves is unknown, so a memorial grave marker for the legendary lawman is on display at the Three Rivers Museum in Muskogee.

Who is Bass Reeves? Bass Reeves is a legendary lawman in Indian Territory. He was born into slavery in 1839 and escaped during the Civil War. In 1875, Reeves became a Deputy U.S. Marshal.

One of the best things about the Paramount drama Lawman: Bass Reeves was the way the series took the historical accounts of the titular U.S. Marshal and elevated the lesser-known elements of his ...