How about U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves. First black Marshal west of the Mississippi. Apprehended over 3,000 outlaws (only had to shoot 14 of them), took his oath seriously, arrested his own son for murder charges.
“How about U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves. First black Marshal west of the Mississippi. Apprehended over 3,000 outlaws (only had to shoot 14 of them), took his oath seriously, arrested his own son for murder charges.”
I first heard of Bass Reeves on the History channel. He was featured in Legends And Lies as well as Gunslingers.
Bass was a runaway slave who hid out in the Indian Territory until slavery was abolished.
He was recruited because of his knowledge of the Territory and the Indian languages.
Bass was once himself accused of the murder of a posse cook, he stood trial and was acquitted.
Bass died in 1910 of nephritis.
There is a statue of Bass Reeves in Fort Smith, AR.
Quite the man and character.