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...
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Bass Reeves
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...
Once And For All, Is The Lone Ranger Based on Bass Reeves?
By Art Burton When The Lone Ranger debuted on the radio in Detroit in 1933, racism was at a zenith in the United States. That the story could have...
Black and Blue
Some things just have to be said. In this time of renewed racial contention, it is somehow fitting—and timely—that one of the unsung heroes of the...
Legends, Lawmen and Outlaws
The Steve Turner Collection of African Americana brought 182 percent of the pre-sale estimate at Cowan’s Auctions.