Bass Reeves

Happy hump day POU. Continuing on with this week's open thread, I will highlight the life of Bass Reeves. Bass Reeves (July 1838 – January 12, 1910) was an American law enforcement officer. He was the first black deputy U.S. marshal west of the Mississippi River. He worked mostly in Arkansas and the Oklahoma Territory. During his … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread- African-Americans in the Old West