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In this collection of true stories from the Old West, we’ll discuss Bass Reeves, one of the first black deputy marshals west of the Mississippi. We’ll also look at the opposite end of the spectrum with Crawford "Cherokee Bill" Goldsby - the son of a buffalo hunter who became one of the deadliest outlaws in Indian Territory. Finally, we’ll celebrate the life and death of Brit Johnson, a former slave whose quest to retrieve his wife and children from the clutches of captivity would help inspire John Wayne’s The Searchers. #history #wildwest #western
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138:38 Brit Johnson
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@Freedomforall1290 6 месяцев назад

Bass was one of the best trackers in the history of the old west, Reeves and Story deserve their place in American history.

@JonWintersGold 6 месяцев назад

Bass Reeves, is a real life superhuman. Heck his mustache alone has 30 confirmed kills.

@WildWestExtravaganza 6 месяцев назад

At least 30

@RICKRATT1 5 месяцев назад

Bass Reeves has been honored in my hometown of Ft. Smith, Ar. with a large bronze statue, among other things. He was a true 'Badass' Deputy Marshall. He rose above his situation and became a legend. R.I.P. Bass Reeves.

@Buckin69 4 месяца назад

wheres this statue at? I want to see it next time im in town.

@artwerksDallas 2 месяца назад

SOUTHSIDE HIGH OR NORTHSIDE HIGH? I WENT TO SOUTHSIDE

@RICKRATT1 2 месяца назад

@@artwerksDallas St. Anne's

@Buckin69 2 месяца назад

I think he may be buried in my hometown of Muskogee. I've recently become interested in judge Parker and all that history and surprised me to see reeves' possible burial site here. Which is unconfirmed. Makes me sad to know such a legends burial site location may not even be known.

@markrandle4368 6 месяцев назад

the comparison between Bass & Lone Ranger is absurd. The legend of Bass is vastly superior.

@user-te4kk2gy1o 6 месяцев назад

Some we kill, some we save, so goes the life of our fore fathers. Great channel going here.

@WildWestExtravaganza 6 месяцев назад

Thank you!

@anthonyledington3143 6 месяцев назад

Thanks again for your history lessons. I hope 100years from now they can watch your videos.

@WildWestExtravaganza 6 месяцев назад

I hope so too

@anthonyledington3143 6 месяцев назад

@@WildWestExtravaganza check out the Cherokee traitor story.

@alanleemaxwell831 6 месяцев назад

5am here in England, get the notification, coffee made and I'm awake starting my day in my favourite way! Thanks Josh!!! 🙏🇬🇧😉

@WildWestExtravaganza 6 месяцев назад

Good morning innit?

@alanleemaxwell831 6 месяцев назад

@@WildWestExtravaganza oh hell yeah!!! 🙏🇬🇧😉

@davidelkins3229 3 месяца назад

Resting down in Cornwall?

@KareemHarper Месяц назад

THANK YOU for this video and acknowledging this aspect of Western history. THANK YOU!

@WildWestExtravaganza Месяц назад

My pleasure

@jodismith665 5 месяцев назад

I love your retelling of the history! Bass Reeves was a total Bad Ass!

@cjlloyd5332 6 месяцев назад

Yeeeeehhaaaaaw "Jolly Foul-mouthed Josh" Another epic episode!!

@70sdude68 Месяц назад

Just found this fine channel. Love it! Thanks for your hard work!

@WildWestExtravaganza Месяц назад

Welcome aboard!

@robertofunk673 6 месяцев назад

44-40 drops over 84"at 300yards,doubtful it was 500,but he was a good shot,but that cartridge would have had almost nil energy.Probably was 200 or less as you said.

@edwardlangdon9256 6 месяцев назад

500 yard shot is nothing for an experienced shooter, even in those days.

@OGRocker1 6 месяцев назад

Nice story Josh, thank you. ... Remember; you can only please some of the people some of the time, ... take care. "Brilliant"

@WildWestExtravaganza 6 месяцев назад

Absolutely

@user-rw7xi1zb8h 6 месяцев назад

I pass over bass Reeves memorial bridge dayly it's under major construction I know exactly where the land is on fern mountain road I've been told theres old cowboy cemetary there b a good place for me to hike this spring might get lucky find it or some names of outlaws you could maybe do podcast on

@richardlincoln8438 6 месяцев назад

This should cover a couple of coffees Josh. Best Wishes to You and Your Family.

@WildWestExtravaganza 6 месяцев назад

Thank you, sir

@libraS.A. 6 месяцев назад

Great representation for black history month.

@odinsson204 6 месяцев назад

Yes!!! It showed up on the top of my feed!!🤘🤘🤘🤘

@WildWestExtravaganza 6 месяцев назад

Nice

@efrey1911 6 месяцев назад

Amazing story about an incredible man and time in history.

@leonrobinson1926 6 месяцев назад

You could sweep the floor with that freaking mustache.

@WildWestExtravaganza 6 месяцев назад

@henryholliday7825 6 месяцев назад

You’re a hero for making this video

@WildWestExtravaganza 6 месяцев назад

Ha!

@davidvilla827 6 месяцев назад

This Channel is Badass.

@WildWestExtravaganza 6 месяцев назад

Thank you!!!

@davidvilla827 6 месяцев назад

@@WildWestExtravaganza you are Very welcome Sir. I'm from El Paso Texas. I saw your John Westley Harding video. Amazing. Been hooked on here since

@WildWestExtravaganza 6 месяцев назад

Well hello El Paso!

@Fvpigpen26 5 месяцев назад

I can't imagine how much reading you must have done to make all these. I did all of my Louise L'Amour and Zane Grey books in my bunk on my fathers fishing boat. If I did a video podcast, I would have to call it Stories from the Galley Table. But I didn't figure on being this ill with ailments this early in life. I started commercial fishing in Kodiak at age eleven. It included a king crabbing trip that I really learned from, like it can get a lot rougher in the winter. Keep up the challenge. I do a lot of research on boats of the northwest. You should check out the Everett Massacre sometime and see if there isn't a story for there.

@antonkovalenko364 6 месяцев назад

Let's never forget Sheriff Bart, who was appointed to the position in 1874 and worked out of the town of Rock Ridge. Despite the initial hostile reception in which he had to rely on his quick wit, the former railroad worker turned out to be quite the boon to the townsfolk. With the assistance of a washed up local gunfighter who went by the moniker "Waco Kid" he went on to eradicate the gang raised by corrupt Attorney General Lamarr who, with the complicity of the governor, were attempting to run the townsfolk off in order to profit from the incoming railroad. Ain't that a kick in the head?

@jasonkolo 5 месяцев назад

You are possibly the greatest man of all time. People say that maybe, not me, but you are awesome and deserve riches and rewards and such.

@beau4129 6 месяцев назад

Always great👍🏼👍🏼

@dragginalinecatfishing4719 2 месяца назад

While I do agree with your comment that John Wayne's version of True Grit is a classic, the Cohen brothers version is not a remake but rather their interpretation as they followed the book more closely. I love them both.

@robertofunk673 6 месяцев назад

Quite a man Bass was,sure dedicated&an honour as a black man.

@ambushedimagination1931 5 месяцев назад

Brit, has gotta be my favorite dark tinted cowboy. As far as your show goes. Ive yet to see the New show about Bass. As usual, enjoyed your material. Thank ya for your time.

@WildWestExtravaganza 5 месяцев назад

Thanks

@pricelongoria865 18 дней назад

True American hero.

@patrickbledsoe2176 21 день назад

Fort Smith has a u.s. Marshall's museum now I need to go check it out..

@WildWestExtravaganza 21 день назад

Me too

@patrickbledsoe2176 21 день назад

@WildWestExtravaganza being a Texan you have a better excuse than I... I live 20 miles east in cherokee nation ( Seq. county)

@Halfbaked2023 5 месяцев назад

im new....love the channel...got my sub

@WildWestExtravaganza 4 месяца назад

Heck yeah! Welcome aboard!

@troutbumgypsy9169 6 месяцев назад

Thanks!

@WildWestExtravaganza 6 месяцев назад

Thank YOU!

@NewWitNip 2 месяца назад

Awesome

@kathyjacques2688 6 месяцев назад

This is all new to me, thanks for exposing such a personage n I truly enjoyed it, if you don’t like it, watch something else

@mec4lifesmiley700 5 месяцев назад

Hay Beaver, I really like this length.

@AbuAmatullahAlAmriki 6 месяцев назад

Binging these videos overnight while i drive out west is just 🤌🤌🤌

@WildWestExtravaganza 6 месяцев назад

That's what I'm talking about

@HandyMan657 6 месяцев назад

I prefer your version of his story. Thanks man.

@WildWestExtravaganza 6 месяцев назад

Thanks for listening!

@Orygunner67 6 месяцев назад

Thank you again Josh. I wish you were my history teacher back in 1980 something. I would have gotten A's instead of C's and the occasional B. This was a long episode but you made it interesting and intriguing! 👍🤠👍

@WildWestExtravaganza 6 месяцев назад

Wow, thanks!

@angrytrucker420 6 месяцев назад

Great video as usual. I was wondering if you knew the story of army surgeon Bernard Irwin. Some consider him to be the first M O H winner even though it wasn't awarded to him until 1894. Maybe you could do something on him if you haven't already done so.

@WildWestExtravaganza 6 месяцев назад

Good suggestion

@danielwebster5748 6 месяцев назад

Bass Reeves was a law man second to none. He was as good has Bill tilghman or heck Thomas and much better than Wyatt Earp.

@lildevil7786 6 месяцев назад

love this channel

@WildWestExtravaganza 6 месяцев назад

Thanks!

@DJToNYLoSo867 6 месяцев назад

Thanks for making this video 👏👏👏

@WildWestExtravaganza 6 месяцев назад

My pleasure

@BobSmith-in2gn 29 дней назад

Well spoken Tide Pod.

@joemonroe3811 5 месяцев назад

Damn good video thank you❤

@WildWestExtravaganza 5 месяцев назад

Thanks Joe

@AnthonyGarcia-se2yd 5 месяцев назад

Unforgiven is the greatest western of all time!

@whoopwhoop1584 6 месяцев назад

Daggum. " you can say a rooster spits snuff but it ain't true till you see him spit" I've been a might curious about just such a time and place my friend. Whoop

@Heatherwashere 4 месяца назад

I'm barely into this video and my whole entire brain just blew up from the fact that dude was like naw I can't trust you with reading but here's a gun though.

@clifflondonuncensored 3 месяца назад

I love this story ! Thank you for all your hardwork and honestly. You have a new subscriber and the praise and respect of a so called boomer.

@WildWestExtravaganza 3 месяца назад

Thank you!

@DYLANJJK94 6 месяцев назад

Tonight, I’ll be roasting coffee on my wood stove listening to this on my live stream on a different app, 🫶

@WildWestExtravaganza 6 месяцев назад

Heck yeah!

@bethbartlett5692 4 месяца назад

14 in 40+ years, in OK Territory, doesn't seem overly aggressive. ... and I'm a Tree Huggin Hippie Freak.

@julesotis13 4 месяца назад

holy bleep u funny sir!

@lukebergen6603 6 месяцев назад

I love your content especially the stuff about doc holiday as I am from his home town and can visit the site of his dentist practice and such, do you have any biographies on just holiday?

@WildWestExtravaganza 6 месяцев назад

Not yet

@DonnyGossett-nz8rp Месяц назад

Bass brought them in alive. He didn't get paid for dead men.

@Thozywozy 4 месяца назад

46:19 Brother never backtrack or try explaining When you know you're speaking the truth. You don't have to backpedal on the truth. Whoever can't accept the truth let them fall off, unsbscribe or whatever they do. At the end the day you told the truth/fact so there's no way you can be wrong........Awsome commentary by the way!!

@Jameslfgsmith 2 месяца назад

Bass Reeves was the BMF of the old west. I wish we could’ve gotten a true adaptation of his life instead of paramount plus gave us

@brianwillerton8659 6 месяцев назад

You ever hear of Mickey Free? Scout who hunted Apaches and was a friend of the Apache Kid...If they sent him a-huntin' yew, start praying.

@tutankhamunwhite665 Месяц назад

Wow this dude is real american hero

@ButterFadeGolf 5 месяцев назад

Please continue making such gangster content...it's the only thing that keeps me from intentionally swerving off the road Doordashing afyer being offered the 3rd order with $2 tip or less...wish I sacked up like good Ole Bass and call them out.

@KurtOnoIR 6 месяцев назад

Well I guess 500 yrds is possible. The bkackpowder 44-40 cartridge usually had a 200 grain projectile going around 1150fps or more at the muzzle so it'd still be going like 700ish at 500yrds. A pretty good whack if it didn't kill ya.

@NoahSpurrier 6 месяцев назад

What was the name of the movie about Bass Reeves? Was it any good?

@WildWestExtravaganza 6 месяцев назад

I haven't seen it

@DoubleAAmazin3 6 месяцев назад

America is gangster af

@Whosaids0 6 месяцев назад

It's surprising that you'd have to so extensively explain making sense of apprehending your child, but I guess in this day an age some people assume that responsibility becomes someone else's after a certain point. That being said to be clear. As a man I believe your child is always your responsibility. It's a honor to get the chance to be a parent not a chore.

@MicahBell_1860 6 месяцев назад

George Reeves, the original Superman, & father of Christopher Reeves

@WildWestExtravaganza 6 месяцев назад

Exactly

@bullast2046 22 дня назад

WWE mentioned a painting/ artist, inspired by a shootout that Cherokee Bill (might’ve been Bass) was involved in.. anybody catch the names?

@WildWestExtravaganza 21 день назад

Remington painting

@mhmt1453 6 месяцев назад

“The Original BMF” part 2!

@jacobellis5999 29 дней назад

Even a legend like this was betrayed by our " government" 😮 no surprise really

@robertofunk673 6 месяцев назад

Cant imagine how a 45 could slide on out a 44 cal.barrel?

@WildWestExtravaganza 6 месяцев назад

Reckon that's how it got stuck

@markveblungsnes 3 месяца назад

Shane Gillis, is that you?!

@khillsy4489 6 месяцев назад

Bass should have been played by Woody Strode years ago.

@WildWestExtravaganza 6 месяцев назад

Great actor

@curtisyastic4130 4 месяца назад

Change your name from kickin wing to kickin bass, i would - joe dirte

@daleslover2771 5 месяцев назад

11:28 my Great Great Grandfather in his diary, stated that a Sherrif and deputy was shot in the back today, left in the trail dust, bush wackers are every where, eliminating any Northern Union troops heading back home after the war..

@maximoreeves2199 5 месяцев назад

As a Reeves i hope im somhow related.

@user-pl3wn2ub6o 4 месяца назад

Great narration. But no production at all. You could've done something man. But I did enjoy the story

@jamescreek1319 5 месяцев назад

Lonesome Dove was one of the best western movies ever the only thing wrong with it… The Duke John Wayne was not in it. I love the old Charlton Heston and Brian Keith movie the mountain men is another great old classic movie 🎥

@WildWestExtravaganza 5 месяцев назад

You do know that originally John Wayne was slated to play Gus, right?

@Defnot._kp840 6 месяцев назад

Bill Pickett what about him

@WildWestExtravaganza 6 месяцев назад

Soon

@user-uo9cy2ep2h 3 месяца назад

Good Doc. Not arguing a point just another perspective. I agree that education is powerful. However, I disagree your reasons for not allowing Bass to read. His owner probably saw no point to it. Had no idea ANY person of color would ever be free, but teaching him to handle a pistol was beneficial to both Bass and his owner, considering Bass's position as a slave, he wasn't a field worker. Just another way to look at it. Considering the time period, educating a Black man to empower him wasn't even a thing, let alone even the slightest consideration. That's a 60s Black Panther mentality.

@WildWestExtravaganza 3 месяца назад

Thanks! I hear what you're saying but it was a big enough issue for several states to pass laws prohibiting the teaching of slaves to read or write. One of the big concerns was that they'd forge documents in order to gain their freedom.

@user-uo9cy2ep2h 3 месяца назад

Not All slave states passed those laws after the 1831 slave revolt. Lastly, the for mentioned papers were rare. Really rare. I don't think that was an issue, it's another wife's tale.

@WildWestExtravaganza 3 месяца назад

@@user-uo9cy2ep2h Correct, not all states. But it’s hard to say that something was an old wives tale when there were literal laws passed against it.

@CRUZER1800 4 месяца назад

The Searchers is NOT playing on HBO....

@WildWestExtravaganza 4 месяца назад

It’s not?

@CRUZER1800 4 месяца назад

@@WildWestExtravaganza No... I checked just after you mentioned it and could not find it.... Bummer.. Russ

@WildWestExtravaganza 4 месяца назад

My bad. When I originally recorded that like 3 years ago it was.

@31terikennedy 6 месяцев назад

Wasn't Reeves in Judge Parker's jail for three months? You think, maybe, the Judge was sending Reeves the message to bring in more of his arrests alive?

@WildWestExtravaganza 6 месяцев назад

He was in jail for 6 months

@31terikennedy 6 месяцев назад

At the Judge's pleasure.@@WildWestExtravaganza

@31terikennedy 6 месяцев назад

When it comes to Reeves, you really have to read between the lines.

@silkkdread 6 месяцев назад

“Take Steve Harvey Tom sellek and Sam Elliot then sprinkle some testosterone😂😂😂 This is y I love your channel in comparison to others #BLM💪🏾🏆🤌🏾

@Halfbaked2023 5 месяцев назад

if u saw me and then heard who im listening to im ppl would be like wth 🤣glad i was raised to love everyone lmao without internet man u cant find talent and jusr hearing someone from a complete diff culture and for me talking about good history lol the good side of the internet lol .....

@christophercooper5843 3 месяца назад

Thats one fine lip pelt

@user-yt8yt9fp3s 5 месяцев назад

Bass was an Indian and he was apart of the Buffalo Soljas

@WildWestExtravaganza 5 месяцев назад

None of what you just said is true

@TheWartHawg 6 месяцев назад

Bass Reeve's last gunfight at 69. World class taint tickler. Coinkidink? I think maybe NOT.

@WildWestExtravaganza 6 месяцев назад

You get it

@danielwebster5748 6 месяцев назад

Aubrey searched all men and I can give best reads accolades I wouldn't put him higher than heck Thomas or Bill tilghman but I will put him in the same company as them they are definitely the top three. All of them went into no Man's Land what used to be called Indian Territory then Oklahoma territory bringing out all sorts of outlaws sometimes lying over a saddle. But then again you might need to put bass Reeves over them to because they had the added benefit of being white. If I was a man back in carrying a load of money I would want one of these three men guarding me and that includes bass Reeves.

@priceisright1015 6 месяцев назад

He had one eye on you. And the other one elsewhere

@ziggiezaggie 6 месяцев назад

What the hell did bass do with all that money ,he was literally like a millionaire back then 🤔 Maybe back child support 🤣

@user-uo9cy2ep2h 3 месяца назад

MOST cowboys were Black or Hispanic. Only a few jobs they could get and cowboy was one.

@xrated179 5 месяцев назад

You are limiting your potential in growing your channel severely by refusing to cover or partake in a segment covering the Wild West massive success of Red dead redemption 2! I highly advise you simply look up Mojave D. Red dead redemption play through. The 72 year old gentleman. Decided to cover the Title and has grow over 20k in a couple of months. It’s not about gaming. It’s about capitalizing on the affinity for the Wild West that exist in the world today. Not only will you gain the support of the Red Dead redemption 2 community that is millions strong.. but you will be filling a void in said community that is urning for more Wild West content as the game is now over a decade old. I bet you $100 if you post a stream titled. Playing red dead redemption as a non gamer for the first time. Your Channel will get 10k subs minimum within a month

@paganlife1373 6 месяцев назад

speculation, all you got to know!

@Defnot._kp840 6 месяцев назад

Django 🎉😮WHAT

@leeburks4540 6 месяцев назад

Ordered a book on Bass. It was dry & not narrative oriented at all.

@MicahBell_1860 6 месяцев назад

But Jo-osh! How can you say The Searchers was the most influential Western of all time? We all know that goes to the story of Black Bart, a negro lawman of the wild west, that you have failed to even mention in this episode! You know, Blazing Saddles! & all these native tribes that you mention in your episodes, I have never once heard you mention the Hekawis! &

@rodgerpiercearchitect 2 месяца назад

…a scourge then and now

@WildWestExtravaganza 2 месяца назад

Who’s that?

@bignateesquire 6 месяцев назад

I miss the old days when you came out with new content instead of recycling old stuff.

@WildWestExtravaganza 6 месяцев назад

I'm sorry you feel that way

@bignateesquire 6 месяцев назад

I love listening to you my man. This one and others seem a little bit rehashed.

@jonbates5873 6 месяцев назад

Fret not young grasshopper just a refreshing recall of greatness

@westerngroovetv 6 месяцев назад

@@WildWestExtravaganza correct me if I'm wrong. But these type of videos are just mashups of previous videos you've made that fit together in someway? This video isn't a new recording, right?

@westerngroovetv 6 месяцев назад

@@bignateesquire are they new videos or is he just combining like old videos?

@jeffpowell7336 6 месяцев назад

The cowboy being featured in this story sounds fascinating The commentator is hard to listen to His method of storytelling leaves the listener annoyed

@WildWestExtravaganza 6 месяцев назад

Imagine how I feel

@bethkaseroff-kr7yk 6 месяцев назад

Maybe I'm full of shit, but they say compilation. I believe that means that sevel videos have been put together, 8na different order, perhaps, for the reason of reshowing.

@WildWestExtravaganza 6 месяцев назад

Correct

@robertofunk673 6 месяцев назад

Credible facts,sadly maybe racist remarks to put down a good man!

@WildWestExtravaganza 6 месяцев назад

Huh?

@robertofunk673 6 месяцев назад

Well said,anarchy is what the USA.is heading into!

@henryholliday7825 6 месяцев назад

I miss when it was bloody beaver. Wild West extravaganza…original. Brilliant