EP264: Art Burton on Bass Reeves, the First Black Deputy U.S. Marshal West of the Mississippi River

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I first became aware of Western culture around the age of four years of my mother was from Arcadia, Oklahoma and the family live in the country outside of Arcadia and at the first memory of around 84. I can remember visiting relatives and my uncle trying to break a horse that was in the past and I thought at the time. This is like Western films I've seen on TV people read bucking horses that that was one of my first memory and resume as a young man I thought was very strange because you didn't see African-Americans in movies and television shows were cowboys but in Oklahoma there were quite a few African-Americans that were involved in ranching owning horses, and there was a segregated black rodeo circuit that traveled between Oklahoma Texas and Louisiana. And there were quite a few rodeos Oklahoma fact that when I was a little boy and actually I had a couple of cousins near my age little bit older, who used to do trick riding in rodeos and they would do all types jumps and flips and all types of things on the horses and later one of them became a bareback rider one several rodeo first prize. So quite a few my family own livestock cattle. Sometimes Oklahoma may have put medicine in the accounts so they wouldn't get sick or doing different things.

Brandon the Slicer do all that and I will come back home because I live in suburbs of Chicago tell my friends about it and they thought I was nuts from the truth about my adventures when I went Oklahoma but that was that was like the first introduction to African-American aspect of Western culture now is always bothered that a fact that African-Americans were not depicted in movies and television shows, talking about the Western frontier and I didn't really know the history at that particular Tampa look like there was a big disconnect somewhere so I went to high school. My last two years I went to high school in Oklahoma and it wasn't until I went to college and I seen a book called the black Wes was a picture book that started the filling and some chapters and some information on wow Wes. I made a few trips back to visit family didn't do any research but I do remember on one occasion my grandparents them at their home and I was on that and I asked my grandfather had remembered seeing any African-Americans going to frontier days because my grandparents came in Oklahoma in 1890 Oklahoma territory and my grandfather stated that he sends black deputy US marshal rat through Arcadia even know who they were and I remember asking him was in the dim light whacker. They were like Vlad is with that type of celebrity and then he asked my grandmother what was the name of that black scoping and Beaufort said he had quite a reputation going to frontier days and they can think of his name again. My grandmother said Bass. That discussion, I have my grandparents didn't come back to me too many years later till 85 when I went to Oklahoma for a family and was hanging out because one of my favorite cousin Jabari Parks and he had a college roommate and his roommate stated that he was from recent edition scoping and it was name for a black law name batteries not at that Sam had been writing a column here in Chicago and a lot of my interests at that time was music is because I'm a physician and plans asked all my adult life and I thought that very interest write article about that that never part of town name for black lawmen so I told my cousins to find anything about batteries, phone numbers, talk to and so I talked to quite a few people that my cousin is the people listed at Vasily's with the rest. This key just about anybody saying no, and I thought about race and it makes sense as I was saying well if you hear that anyone listening to Prof. Burton tell the story of Bass Reeves the first black deputy US marshal west of the Mississippi River. When we come back more of this story here on our American story every day on the show, bringing inspiring stories from across this great country but we truly can't do the show without you are stories are free to listen to, but they're not free to make if you love what you hear our American stories.com and click the donate button a little of a lot to our American stories.com and give and we continue with our American stories and Prof. Ortega Burton and legendary black woman Bass Reeves. We last left off parts curiosity and peak after his cousin's roommate told him that he had lived in Reeves addition in Muskogee, Oklahoma or thought it was strange that an area in the town name after black woman decided to do some research. Let's continue with the story that regards to Reeves. This was in scoping I contacted the Northeast state library and then I got a package in the packet stated Reeves addition was named white banker was also an abrupt and aspect Reeves addition being name for Bass liens in this going last 10 years of his life that so I was about ready to give up and then I remembered there was a man I read about it was just a stupid and he lived in Waukegan, Illinois had been a barber moved to Denver, Colorado to start a black Wes is and he had a small little museum in the basement of radio black radio station so I'll call him up on the phone and us asking what did he know about the state he didn't know too much. But there's too old and Jim said from Oklahoma and he said that's all they talk about and he said one man is Rev. Haskell shoe and riven Haskell shoe said bass will walk the streets in Muskogee with SAG cake with care satchel full of pistols and somebody called his name was always quick to put his back up against the wall before he turned around to see who was calling his name. Very cautious. So that sounded pretty interesting.

From what he was telling me. So I asked him did he have any phone numbers for the two gentlemen that live in them and talk about dance and said no exit had seen them in a couple so I took the name riven Haskell shoe and I doubt operating. I knew it was a long shot because most the time.

Older people are living with relatives or their living in senior homes and not doubt operated on and operated said yes. They had a listing for Rev. Haskell shoe cannot dial the number and the lady answered the phone and told Outland speak to Rev. shoe. She suggested and Revelation came to the phone and he talked with like a hoarse whisper voice. Yes, like that cannot tell Raven salute out and get some information on Bass Reeves and he laughed.

To this day I don't know why he lay's and overjoyed somebody standing additional batteries, but he went on to say that Bass please get out fight, out, out, Brad out shoe basically Bass Reeves without doing anything anybody could and I felt was nice that he felt so strongly about Mr. Reeves but was nothing I could do with that no interns may write article possess initially what I want to do is write an article about and then I guess he.

I was impressed enough with what he was saying and he set out to you stop messing with all impacts say something messing stated that you said grabbed a hack to stop and asked what was said to heck with one horse. Laugh out but he said he had forgotten that and but Ledbetter was the principal lawmen in Muskogee after the turn-of-the-century and he said that they went after an outlaw. I guess it must be some bad feelings and he said, but Ledbetter had a posse and the posse was shooting at this outlaw, and they were not able to hit they were expend a large amount of ammunition that was basically from Ledbetter's stock is so elusive that of middle of the day they came out earlier in the day it will not make any progress yesterday. Outlaw had a real good had placed told somebody in the posse that still so Subaru said that that end of the day. The sound was darkness. He said Bass Reeves came on the same said that posse it quits at this outlaw Baptist and the outlaw evidently with being taught in the day felt things will make one for any said out loud, jumped up and we said, jumped up I watched so many Western movies.

I was thinking that he was jump up on his horse and he said his outlaw jumped up and started running across the field and that posse started shooting at it and were missing and he said, but let Bella Holland at the top of his voice that any said Bass. Reeves is very common. I will break his neck and he said Bass took his Winchester rifle and with one shot at 1/4 of a mile broke this man when he told me that she was kind went up and down my spine. I know little about shoot of court amount is two city blocks. This is a moving target is very hard to call but shot a moving target is almost phenomenal, and so I get mad because I was there here in town this kind is some information on Bass reason is man tell me the biggest slaver in my life Silas.

I was thinking for the story, conversation, and I used to walk a mile from the train station downtown Chicago to my office every day and I was thinking about this conversation all week long and so bad in the middle of the week I started thinking shoe told me he was 90 and most tanned people they tell you lack some is none to get out of alive and then I'll start thinking if it's true, is one of the most phenomenal stories ever in my life and became more more impressed with the fact that if he still wanted to his knees since.

And so I became possess that it ended that week fanned out everything I could. Bass and you been listening to Prof. RT Burton discussing his soon-to-be obsession and developing obsession with Mormon Bass Reeves and it was in preliminary research for a mere article but the session was born when we come back more of this remarkable story not only about an historian's pursuit of a person story. He didn't know but more importantly, the story of Bass Reeves. That story continues here on our American story millions will make Medicare coverage decisions for next year and United healthcare can help you feel confident about your choices for those eligible Medicare annual enrollment runs from October 15 through December 7. If you're working past age 65. You might be able to delay Medicare enrollment. Depending on your employer coverage. It can seem confusing, but it doesn't have to be this@uhcmedicarehealthplans.com to learn more United healthcare helping people live healthier lives. I know everything there is to know about running a coffee shop for small business insurance. I need my State Farm agent make sure my business people, and competent business owners to help the past.

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There was one that I know for sure named Bino Kolber who was a former United States college soldier during the Civil War and serve seven years with temp Buffalo soldiers. He became adept this Marshall in 1872 preceded Bass about three years and their stories about life nappies are seen as early as 1867, Bass got a commission in 75 and he worked up to local and state in 1907 in a city is served on the seven US marshals and he did yeoman's job in terms of what he had. There was quite a few crimes such as murder or staff cattle rate robbery.

There was issues with train robbery, stagecoach robbery, people still in lumber any type of crime where 889 Indian committed crimes against Indians that fell on US marshals distinction and Fort Smith quarter-inch jurisdiction over 75,000 mi.² which is pretty much the whole state of Oklahoma and so the deputies marshals had a route where they would leave Fort Smith. Wes crossed the Missouri Kansas Texas railroad tracks 60 miles from Fort Smith and the railroad tracks and called it did, and generally if you want Wes could pick up prisoners before you get to the plan, you can pick him up on the way back before it's they would hear Wes the fourth seal, which is far Wes Indian territory and then they would go north to Fort Reno and sometimes even go north toward Kansas and then you will make a loop back to Fort Smith at least 400 miles round-trip or more and would take a month or two months to make this trip you have open Lawrence where you could find people committed prayers for you have Lawrence where you were given names of individuals that you handle as many as 30 warrants at a time can you know best been illiterate how he did that he would have an individual read the war to him and he would memorize the name and what the want is for and in those 32 years. Never did he bring back the wrong person because he is so here total recall and guess over the will. Lawrence that the federal offices enforcement have started giving him subpoenas for people they wanted to come and testify at trial, and you know I guess you evidently them was one the best deputies in terms of fuel subpoenas. This man could read is absolutely phenomenal because he will come back to ports on the occasion, with anywhere from a dozen 17 prisoners on a regular basis. They will sing songs about mastery and this was white people like people in Indians with singing songs about this man's abilities to catch criminals and they say once again on the trail. He was catch you unless you get completely out of the territory, Texas, New Mexico, Kansas, and some for him not to catch because they say once he zeroed in on he was he would deftly you know, probably the greatest man of that air he working the skies on many occasions. It's criminal. And you been listening to Prof. RT Burton told the story of Bass Reeves the first black deputy US marshal west of the Mississippi River.

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They had about six ropes on here that was called in the moon and they were trying to pull it out and they were getting anywhere. Bass Boston for a while.

It's home after my simple Bass got off his horse took all his clothes off and jumped in the Murray steer and took all the ropes off the steer and push and pull of the steer in the Lord's spirit in cowboys.

What made this a bassinet on his horse out of his clothes back on, but he rolled off soon cowboys. He can also shoot very super was remarkably say one time he came upon six rules: down steer on the Prairie shop. All six of the back of his horse and the bulls scattered in all directions, and he said that he only had shoot twice, but he killed all six of them from the back of his horse pretty good shoot running rules and his weapon of choice was Winchester rifle. He will carry 2 to 3 pistols also and he was ambidextrous with left and right hand. So this guy was like to know the Michael Jordan of a law enforcement if you had a gunfight with bathroom is almost tantamount to suicide if you try to run, tread ahead. A lot of times people found out Bass as a warrant intern sales in a bail star was the most famous female outlaw from Indian territory. Several movies you made about life. It will say that she and Bass is good friends Bass got a war for her arrest.

Around 1886 and she turned herself in was the only time she was known to rolled into Fort Smith Arkansas often surrender herself and she was found not to be guilty for that time. But that was the one tab asset warrant for her arrest. He arrested long and it went bad.

He did that on a few occasions and then there were some outlaws he arrested.

They came back out of prison and became law, and in 1902 Benny one of his sons. He had problems with his wife and then eventually during the altercation with Benny Carter with another man. Many shot and killed his wife.

Bass found out about it and told Marshall to give me the and he went and arrested for Then he was convicted and sent to the Leavenworth federal prison in Kansas for life, but he only actually served was 11 years get out and actually the preacher that baptizing yet by hand.

In arrears for his church and the Carnation gave him permission to sell bootleg whiskey to make some money for the church and Bass arrested and put them in jail seven bootleg whiskey you like to tell jokes like the layout once he got to know somebody never forgot a sale I could do an outlaw. That is the worst person you want to meet your life you know is what another said. He said he was very kind and very gentle and was told that person to be around. And so he would hear the duality about you know a good thing that gets me is that he had no fear. And that's scary to me in itself for you not to fear anything that walks on the face, so he had a different mindset because most people are scared of some Bass will probably be a hero for law enforcement today that has worked for the Fort Smith court up to 1893 and for the Eastern District of Texas until 97 and 97 transferred to the Muskogee federal court so he worked up till statehood of the 16th 1907. His career was legendary in terms of status, there was a newspaper stories on his police work in Texas, Kansas, and the newspapers always stated bassinet Tam's death newspaper the same shot, but he did walk with a cane late in his career and some people stated that was due to him being shot. I think it was losing a newspaper article that stated that he was walking with a cane due to a bullet seemed earlier their wares approximately 45 saloon towns just to the west of the Seminole nation in the Creek nation almost real bad, but one was notorious and supposedly Bass in this 20 saloon and get into an argument with a young Texas cowboy cowboy calling out and supposedly bassinet shot in the leg, but Bass killed cowboy. Now this is never been written about in newspapers. It is in some books that were oral books that were recorded from people's remembrances so it's quite possible that there newspapers also stated that he killed 14 mid-Atlantic newly and at the time his death. I found at least three of four newspaper said he killed over 20 in 1902 he was interviewed better newspapers and he stated he arrested over 3000 men and women federal law, so that in time he retired in 1907 is probably 4000 people hidden rest for breaking the law for me. For me the best reason is the greatest threat to the United States is I taught American history late American early and I don't know any frightening hero in US history. Dave comes close then that he had to walk the fine line between white, red and black populations and in territory and what that all entail new and effective majority of deputies marshes killed Malan ability will kill an Indian territory very, very dangerous. He walked in the Valley of death every day for 32 years and came out alive. He is without a doubt that somebody can show me something different. The greatest front to America's great job of action by Monte. Special thanks to Prof. RT Burton's book black gun Silverstar life frontier Marshall Bass Reeves little local bookstore and Bryant purchased the book forever. You get out right out shoot killed 20 men in the line of duty and arrested over 4000. The story of bass. Reeves dear on Elinor Williams will make Medicare coverage decisions for next year and United healthcare can help you feel confident about your choices for those eligible Medicare annual enrollment runs from October 15 through December 7. If you're working past age 65. You might be able to delay Medicare enrollment. Depending on your employer coverage. It can seem confusing, but it doesn't have to be UHC Medicare health.com to learn more United healthcare helping people live healthier lives me know me from the recap on LA TV podcast light as a going to come at you every Tuesday and Thursday will be talking real and unapologetic about all things light and culture and everything in between. From someone who's never quite listen to life as a gringo on the iHeartRadio app or web, you get podcast brought to you by State Farm like a good neighbor, State Farm is there a better future.

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