For a century, slave-turned-Deputy U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves was legendary among history buffs, but with the general public, he couldn’t get...
In Search of the Real Bass Reeves
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Bass Reeves
A Deadly Duel at 500 Yards
Bass Reeves vs. Jim Webb The master of the long shot, indeed Based on the research of Art Burton June 15, 1884 Out on the Whiskey...
Bass Reeves Finally Gets His Due
Who was Bass Reeves? Historian Art Burton has spent much of his life on the trail of the elusive lawman’s life. Reeves’s life from slave to...
Best of the West: Western Movies
Everybody’s West: 2024 will be remembered as a bellwether year for diversity in Western film productions and subject matter. “Compared to the 20th...
Justice Served
Ten U.S. Marshals and Deputy U.S. Marshals who defined the legendary West All Illustrations by Bob Boze Bell and All Images Courtesy True West...
The Law Comes to Oklahoma
Follow the path of law and order from Fort Smith to Guthrie via Tahlequah and Muskogee. The law came to Indian Terri-tory, which would...
Shooting Back
Our readers remind us of the variables and vagaries of historic truths, “well-established” facts, headlines and historical photographs. Beecher...
Shooting Back
Our readers remind us of the variables and vagaries of historic truths, “well-established” facts, headlines and historical photographs. Who was...
Shooting Back
Our readers remind us of the variables and vagaries of historic truths, “well-established” facts, headlines and historical photographs. Double-Take...
Bass Reeves: The Invincible Lawman
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...
Classic Gunfights: A Deadly Duel at 500 Yards
Bass Reeves vs Jim Webb - The master of the long shot, indeed. (Based on the research of Art Burton) Out on the Whiskey Trail in Oklahoma Territory,...
Man with a Badge
Bass Reeves might be the most famous—and mistakenly identified—black lawman in the West. In recent years there has been an influx of images...