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
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
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
George R. Reeves
…He also served as a pioneering member of Grayson County, Texas in which he also served as a Sheriff and tax collector. Reeves was the slaveowner of Bass Reeves before he escaped and became a lawman. The Reeves family was of English ancestry with Lord Robert Ryves (birth name Reve) (pronounced Reeves) (1490–1551…
Bass Reeves
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