A special event honored the life and legacy of Oklahoma's Own legendary lawman Bass Reeves on Saturday. The memorial celebration was held in Muskogee at the Three Rivers Museum. Reeves was the ...

Ernest Marsh, who portrays lawman Bass Reeves as a part of his living history reenactments, speaks at the National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum on Sunday, April 30.

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.

Another frontier lawman was Chris Madsen, a U.S. marshal during the years Reeves was active. Madsen served in the 6th Cavalry and is buried at the Richland Cemetery in Canadian County.

Part of the Bass Reeves revival is due to Author Art Burton 's meticulously researched book about Reeves called “Black Gun, Silver Star.” "Bass was so tough if he spit on a brick it would ...

Bass Reeves was born into slavery, escaped during the Civil War, and eventually became a Deputy U.S. Marshal, out of Fort Smith, working for Hanging Judge Isaac Parker. Reeves would cross the ...

Legendary lawman Marshal Bass Reeves, one of Arkansas’ first Black deputies, rides into the American ethos in Sidney Thompson’s historical-fiction trilogy March 28, 2021 at 2:43 a.m. by Sean ...

Bass Reeves was born into slavery, escaped during the Civil War, and eventually became a Deputy U.S. Marshal, out of Fort Smith, working for Hanging Judge Isaac Parker.