Bass Reeves
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Bass Reeves was a deputy U.S. Marshal, gunfighter, farmer, scout, tracker, and railroad agent who escaped from slavery. He spoke the languages of several Native American tribes including Cherokee, Cho
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Reeves (left) with a group of Marshals and Federal employees at the Northern District of Indian Territory Federal Court in Muskogee in 1907
A statue dedicated to Bass Reeves in Fort Smith, Arkansas
George R. Reeves
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George Robertson Reeves was a former Democratic Speaker of the House of the State of Texas and a Colonel in the Confederate States's 11th Texas Cavalry Regiment during the American Civil War. He also
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…Pottsboro in the Peters Colony. It appears plausible that Reeves, still enslaved, was retained as a servant by William Steele Reeves's son, Colonel George R. Reeves, a Texan sheriff, legislator, and one-time Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives. When the American Civil War began, George Reeves joined the…
Robertson in c. 1881
Original Flag of the Texas 11th Cavalry, Camp Reeves. Texas Civil War Museum, Ft. Worth, Texas
Historical Marker to 11th Texas Cavalry, Sherman, Texas
Highway Marker, Reeves County, Texas