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Bass Reeves - The Black Lone Ranger/ real life Django.
Posted on 8/7/15 at 10:14 am
Posted on 8/7/15 at 10:14 am
Born a slave, he later became a deputy U.S. Marshall. There is a statue honoring him in downtown Fort Smith, should you ever find yourself in the vicinity. TbirdSpur's great grandpappy?
New documentary to air Sunday.
Clip from the film.
BBC---not that kind of BBC....
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“The fact that Bass Reeves was born enslaved and then later was authorized to arrest white men, all without any sense of grudge or revenge, is telling,” he said of Reeves, who arrested more than 3,000 felons in Fort Smith and the former Indian Territory during his time as a lawman for Judge Isaac C. Parker’s federal court in Fort Smith. “His character was so great, that no one really cares about his race or color. - See more at: https://swtimes.com/features/bass-reeves-documentary-air-sunday#sthash.Ifr2RKwn.dpuf
New documentary to air Sunday.
Clip from the film.
BBC---not that kind of BBC....
This post was edited on 8/7/15 at 10:21 am
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Posted on 8/7/15 at 10:17 am to Numberwang
Now that's a grown man mustache right there.
Posted on 8/7/15 at 10:22 am to Numberwang
Posted on 8/7/15 at 10:43 am to Numberwang
Parker's Marshalls weren't feared for no reason.
Posted on 8/7/15 at 10:55 am to Numberwang
I will tune in for this
Posted on 8/7/15 at 11:32 am to Agforlife
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Parker's Marshalls weren't feared for no reason.
The clip tells the story of Reeves "playing dead" when the man he was tracking shot at him. Then, when the guy approached, he shot him. Pretty badass, IMO.
Fort Smith has some good Old West history.
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