Bass Reeves LawmanFred Staff
"Working on Lawmen: Bass Reeves was as fulfilling of an experience as it gets as an orchestral composer," says Dancy. "I was able to create a grand, sweeping score for a towering figure of American history that had remained relatively unknown until this series. The score was influe...
Born a slave, Bass Reeves fled his master and soon carved a name for himself as one of the most famous marshals in the West. (Oklahoma University Library) (University of Oklahoma Library) The larger-than-life African-American marshal worked in the most dangerous area for federal peace offic...
Who was the most feared lawman? Deputy U.S. Marshal Bass Reeveswas arguably the greatest lawman and gunfighter of the West, a man who served as a marshal for 32 years in the most dangerous district in the country, captured 3,000 felons, (once bringing in 17 men at one time), and s...
Deputy Marshal Bass Reeves of Indian and Oklahoma territories. He had escaped from Texas to Indian Territory as a slave after he had knocked out his master, Sheriff George R. Reeves during a car...