LEGENDS OF THE OLD WEST | Bass Reeves Ep1: “Deputy U.S. Marshal” 

As a retired Deputy US Marshal, I knew full well what a legend Bass Reeves was. Our agency has a rich and brave history. Very well done episode!

A real legend that nearly no one has heard of

My GG Grandfather was born 1851’ in Missouri and lived his life in Arkansas. His son my G Grandfather was born there too and lived in the Indian Nation around Atoka’ along the Arkansas line. My grandfather born 1900 in IT -told stories of his uncles. Tuff characters they were to live in that region🇺🇸 Another great historical series 👍thanks again!

One of the greatest law man of the old west, Bass Reeves and an indigenous American.

Imagine how honest the heart this man must have had to have gone from a slave to enforcing the law and still have justice in his core. Through all the injustice he experienced. Then to turn and be a man of justice. God bless him for that

Bass Reeves & Old Silver, I am so proud he was from my parts. I carry his spirit ❤🌟🇺🇲 He deserves a statue at a healing park. The park will be beautiful located in Muskogee Oklahoma. I am ambidextrous myself, was a riflery instructor at camp Takatoka one summer. Really good shot too. My ex took me out shooting only once. I think he felt intimidated. 😊 he was an officer too.

This is marvelous. Thank you. It’s a shame some of his history has been lost. Would add so much to the richness of this wonderful man.

❤ this, Thank you Respectfully

The year is 2022, 22nd of January listening to the legendary law man Bass Reeves is. My name is Jose, born mexican raised texan, in all my younger years in school I not once heard this man's tale...it took having to watch videos like this (which by the way i am thankful for). It sadden me to have heard how his son ben murdered bass's wife, how Plessy v. Ferguson "seperate but equal" drove bass's career to a straight ignorant/racist end. HOW ON EARTH ARE THESE TALES NOT TOLD IN OUR PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM?! What other legends are there to be told from americans of african/black/slave backgrounds. We all need to sit down at the table, have a straight forward honest talk about our mistakes as a nation. Can we not learn how to be lawfull and good to one another as bass reeves is. Black history, white history, indian history...not its all our history!

Thanks for this, most interesting and looking forward so much to part two. This man has certainly gone down in American history as one of the very best lawmen, and also with the unenviable task of bringing law and order to a vast and unwelcoming area and population. The miles he must have covered probably mostly on horseback and some train journeys is amazing by todays standards of roads and cars, amazing lawman and hopefully more will come to light about the life of Bass Reeves.

Great work. I've watched everything you have produced both in this format and in the infamous America format in about a 3-day binge nonstop. I cannot comprehend the ratio between the number of views and the number of likes are lack thereof and lack of comments. I beseech you to persevere I have found all your work excellent at every point including the music and would be very very disappointed if we were to lose you thank you so much for your dedication to excellence

I am disgusted the way he was treated towards his end of his life by segregationists, he was a hero and deserved to be treated as such

Great podcast. I love history and American history especially. I purchased the book " Red, Black and Deadly !!"" I love these stories.

Bass should be a national hero!

Reeves also appears in the BBC adaptation of Jules Verne's Around the World in 80 Days. Portrayed by the British actor Gary Beadle, Reeves unexpectedly encounters Phileas Fogg and his travelling companions on board a stagecoach, and ends up drawing them into his fight to bring a criminal to justice.

As soon as I found your podcasts. I wondered about Bass Reeves, I came to the man via Art and Raylan talking about Bass Reeves in Justified. I know it’s just tv. But I’m cool with that. Love your style 🤘💚🖤🍀

Absolute dawgggg

This man is a legend

It’s upsetting to me that this man lies in an unmarked grave in Muskogee Oklahoma. Shameful. What a guy!

The Netflix movie " The Harder They Fall" brought me here!

Excellent! Looking forward to Ep.2

The photo used in the cover photo is not Bass Reeves.

Courageous..brave..dang..intelligent

Such a quality podcast!

Keep the good work up boyz 👍🏻👌🏻

Ok, Bass was half brother of his Master, you can guess how. That's why he was treated half way well and trusted with firearms . If you want to truly know his life story read...Black Guns, Tin Star. Also the makers of Yellowstone and 1883 are doing a tv series on this great law man. Also yes, the Lone Ranger is based on him.

Loved it.

Cant wait

This is not Bass Reeves. Please stop passing this mistaken picture of him. This is a cabinet card from a private collection thought to be Bass Reeves that sold at auction for $12,000.

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I believe Bass Reeves appeared in the recent remake of around the world in 80 days in a shoot out that delays the group

There needs to be media depictions of Bass Reeves.

They should make a major motion picture about him give Ryan Reeves one of his descendants some acting lessons and let him play the role that is when he's not playing hockey for the NHL

This was my favorite

Great podcast! One thing though, Pea Ridge is in Northwest Arkansas, not Northeast. Again great podcast.

It's strange that they considered showing and teaching Bass Reeves how to become a marksman was far less dangerous than teaching him how to read.

How many here bc of "1883"?

I'm pretty sure If he was a U.S. Dupty Marshal I'm sure they have quite a bit of documentation

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corsciana is a closer depiction while being accurate entertaining motion picture made by Isiah Washington independent film

Got the makings of a whole TV series or at least a movie. Perhaps a model for the movie Hang Em High.

#Rockstar

As a Rangers and Dallas Stars fan ..Bass Reeves great great grandson Ryan is Right winger on Rangers.. Tough SOB

Bullpenboss what district did you work from? I was in the Western District of Virginia.

I'm from cooke County just west of Grayson County!

I still don’t get why they haven’t made like a huge movie about Reeves. Denzel is getting up there but he could still play him and there’s also plenty of other good black actors I could plan

As a Canadian I learned about Bass Reeves when I was a teenager ..I can't believe that he isn't mandatory study in your US school system .. I can only imagine that maybe race has to do with it?

That image is NOT Bass Reeves

And yet today Gorge Floyd, is a hero today, 🤔🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿😤😤😤😤😤

Wasn't allowed to learn to read, but was taught how to shoot? Now that's the America, I know! 😆

This is a long, detailed, well-narrated and apparent attempt at a informative biography on U.S. Deputy Marshal Bass Reeves. My criticisms are that the first 35 years of Bass' life are mostly anecdotal, The Reeves/ Ranger Origin Story is hyperbole and that recently-discovered photograph of a slight Black lawman is not Bass Reeves. Hopefully, the remainder of this series will be better planned with less misinformation and exaggeration. There are plenty of inaccurate and souped up Bass Reeves videos on RU-vid.

Don’t learn him how to read but learn him how to shoot. I guess the pen really is mightier then the gun.

He was an American indian, and was NEVER A SLAVE, NOR BUTLER! ALWAYS FREE!

Bass could have claimed he was owed something. He could have whined about his circumstance --but he didn't. HE WORKED and made his own wat!!!

A hero in a Racist America. They always try to tell these stories where the racism is never a focal point. Where in reality...it always is.

Why do you feel this man has been over looked?

Certain people need to go back to grammar school.

Can we please begin to call the enslaved person exactly what they were and in stead of call their enslavers that not their masters

Marshall, not marshal. What is wrong with you!