Deputy U.S. marshal Bass Reeves helped clean up Oklahoma tulsaworld.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from tulsaworld.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Long-time U.S. deputy marshal Ernest Hubbard was often referred to as the chief office deputy for the federal court in Muskogee. During his long career, he earned a reputation of
Casualty rates among deputy U.S. marshals were extremely high in Indian and Oklahoma territories, but Reeves completed his long reign there unscathed while making life miserable for outlaws…white, black or Indian.
According to historians, Bass Reeves was the first black deputy U.S. marshal and captured 3,000 outlaws. Learn more facts ahead of 1883: The Bass Reeves Story.