Bass Reeves

Bass Reeves, a marshal in Judge Isaac Parker’s court in Fort Smith (Sebastian County) and one of the most respected lawmen in Indian Territory.

African-American man with thick wearing a hat in checkered suit

Courtesy of the Archives and Manuscripts Division of the Oklahoma Historical Society

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