Bass Reeves Part 6

Howdy and Welcome back to Episode 6 of our Deep Dive into the life of Bass Reeves.

 Last week, we discussed Bass’s encounter with Ben Billy, take a quick glance at him arresting a future Deputy Marshal, some tragedies in his personal life, the Bandit Queen’s son and the last major change of Bass’s career.

This week, we will talk about the background of Muskogee, Bass’s arrest of James McKellop, the Wybark Tragedy, some of his work in Muskogee, some personal events of Bass’s life and the arrest of his own son.

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Sources for this episode;

o   Black Gun, Silver Star by Art. T. Burton

o   https://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-bassreeves/

o   https://www.cowboysindians.com/2023/12/the-real-bass-reeves/

o   https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bass-Reeves

o   https://biographics.org/bass-reeves/

o   https://www.newspapers.com/article/muskogee-phoenix-bass-reeves-arrests-5-w/2394621/

§  Wybark Tragedy article from Muskogee Phoenix

o   https://rediscovering-black-history.blogs.archives.gov/2021/08/18/ben-reeves-at-the-national-archives/

§  Ben Reeves Article

o   https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Shaver-3537

§  WR Dick Shaver children

o   https://theemancipator.org/author/justin-a-davis/

o   https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/buffalo-soldiers