📅 On This Day — Jan 12, 1910
Bass Reeves, one of the greatest lawmen of the Wild West, died nearly forgotten. Born into slavery, he became a fearless U.S. Marshal and is widely believed to have inspired the Lone Ranger.
His true story lives on in #TheRealWildWest
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#BassReeves #watchandwonder
Bass Reeves, one of the greatest lawmen of the Wild West, died nearly forgotten. Born into slavery, he became a fearless U.S. Marshal and is widely believed to have inspired the Lone Ranger.
His true story lives on in #TheRealWildWest
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#BassReeves #watchandwonder
January 12, 2026 at 11:54 PM
📅 On This Day — Jan 12, 1910
Bass Reeves, one of the greatest lawmen of the Wild West, died nearly forgotten. Born into slavery, he became a fearless U.S. Marshal and is widely believed to have inspired the Lone Ranger.
His true story lives on in #TheRealWildWest
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#BassReeves #watchandwonder
Bass Reeves, one of the greatest lawmen of the Wild West, died nearly forgotten. Born into slavery, he became a fearless U.S. Marshal and is widely believed to have inspired the Lone Ranger.
His true story lives on in #TheRealWildWest
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#BassReeves #watchandwonder
Chamberlin Book Store
"Bass Reeves"
This was a Netflix series but there is a book about #bassreeves First Black Deputy Marshal
"Bass Reeves"
This was a Netflix series but there is a book about #bassreeves First Black Deputy Marshal
December 29, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Chamberlin Book Store
"Bass Reeves"
This was a Netflix series but there is a book about #bassreeves First Black Deputy Marshal
"Bass Reeves"
This was a Netflix series but there is a book about #bassreeves First Black Deputy Marshal
[Video] Discover the true story of the Black cowboy who inspired the Lone Ranger and was actually much scarier. Hidden Black history and legendary perseverance. ✊ #BlackHistory #BlackPride #BassReeves #
December 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
[Video] Discover the true story of the Black cowboy who inspired the Lone Ranger and was actually much scarier. Hidden Black history and legendary perseverance. ✊ #BlackHistory #BlackPride #BassReeves #
November 26, 2025 at 10:20 PM
New article - 10 Legendary Gunslingers from The (Real) Wild Wild West!
#History #WildWest #BassReeves #OKCorral #Deadwood #BillyTheKid #StagecoachMary #Tombstone #AnnieOakley #butchcassidyandthesundancekid
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#History #WildWest #BassReeves #OKCorral #Deadwood #BillyTheKid #StagecoachMary #Tombstone #AnnieOakley #butchcassidyandthesundancekid
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November 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
New article - 10 Legendary Gunslingers from The (Real) Wild Wild West!
#History #WildWest #BassReeves #OKCorral #Deadwood #BillyTheKid #StagecoachMary #Tombstone #AnnieOakley #butchcassidyandthesundancekid
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#History #WildWest #BassReeves #OKCorral #Deadwood #BillyTheKid #StagecoachMary #Tombstone #AnnieOakley #butchcassidyandthesundancekid
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Bass Reeves: The Real Lone Ranger
#BlackHistory365 #Truth #BlackCowboy #BassReeves #TheRealLonerRanger
#BlackHistory365 #Truth #BlackCowboy #BassReeves #TheRealLonerRanger
November 7, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Bass Reeves: The Real Lone Ranger
#BlackHistory365 #Truth #BlackCowboy #BassReeves #TheRealLonerRanger
#BlackHistory365 #Truth #BlackCowboy #BassReeves #TheRealLonerRanger
Fame is a white filter; memory leaks through.
Elders kept the names textbooks dropped—Bass Reeves.
“Earp wasn’t a patch on his pants leg.”
Burton follows the whisper to the record; the record agrees.
The West wasn’t just whitewashed—it was white-written.
#BlackGun #BassReeves #Historiography
Elders kept the names textbooks dropped—Bass Reeves.
“Earp wasn’t a patch on his pants leg.”
Burton follows the whisper to the record; the record agrees.
The West wasn’t just whitewashed—it was white-written.
#BlackGun #BassReeves #Historiography
October 4, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Fame is a white filter; memory leaks through.
Elders kept the names textbooks dropped—Bass Reeves.
“Earp wasn’t a patch on his pants leg.”
Burton follows the whisper to the record; the record agrees.
The West wasn’t just whitewashed—it was white-written.
#BlackGun #BassReeves #Historiography
Elders kept the names textbooks dropped—Bass Reeves.
“Earp wasn’t a patch on his pants leg.”
Burton follows the whisper to the record; the record agrees.
The West wasn’t just whitewashed—it was white-written.
#BlackGun #BassReeves #Historiography
September 28, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Once, he saw a group of cowboys trying to free an animal from mud. They were using ropes. It made it worse. He came upon them. Stripped bare naked and jumped in the mud to free that beast.
#BASSREEVES
#AMERICANHERO
#DEPUTYMARSHALL
#BLACKHISTORY
#BASSREEVES
#AMERICANHERO
#DEPUTYMARSHALL
#BLACKHISTORY
September 24, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Once, he saw a group of cowboys trying to free an animal from mud. They were using ropes. It made it worse. He came upon them. Stripped bare naked and jumped in the mud to free that beast.
#BASSREEVES
#AMERICANHERO
#DEPUTYMARSHALL
#BLACKHISTORY
#BASSREEVES
#AMERICANHERO
#DEPUTYMARSHALL
#BLACKHISTORY
Our first town hall to address African Americans and responsible gun ownership.
#bassreevesgunclub #secondamendment #townhall #blackgunowners #2a #communitydefense #firearmstraining #georgia #politics #NAAGA #BRGC #AfricanAmericans #AfricanAmericanHistory #BassReeves
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#bassreevesgunclub #secondamendment #townhall #blackgunowners #2a #communitydefense #firearmstraining #georgia #politics #NAAGA #BRGC #AfricanAmericans #AfricanAmericanHistory #BassReeves
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AA & Responsible Firearm Ownership
YouTube video by 2A Gun Culture
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September 2, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Our first town hall to address African Americans and responsible gun ownership.
#bassreevesgunclub #secondamendment #townhall #blackgunowners #2a #communitydefense #firearmstraining #georgia #politics #NAAGA #BRGC #AfricanAmericans #AfricanAmericanHistory #BassReeves
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#bassreevesgunclub #secondamendment #townhall #blackgunowners #2a #communitydefense #firearmstraining #georgia #politics #NAAGA #BRGC #AfricanAmericans #AfricanAmericanHistory #BassReeves
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INTERESTING ARTICLE ABOUT BASS REEVES, AFRICAN-AMERICAN LAW MAN IN THE AMERICAN WEST: truewestmagazine.com/article/a-de... #bassreeves #lawofficers #brave #bravery #africanamerican #crime #criminals #americanwest
A Deadly Duel at 500 Yards
Bass Reeves vs. Jim Webb The master of the long shot, indeed Based on the research of Art Burton June 15, 1884 Out on the Whiskey Trail in
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July 1, 2025 at 5:23 PM
INTERESTING ARTICLE ABOUT BASS REEVES, AFRICAN-AMERICAN LAW MAN IN THE AMERICAN WEST: truewestmagazine.com/article/a-de... #bassreeves #lawofficers #brave #bravery #africanamerican #crime #criminals #americanwest
Watch Defending Our Rights: African Americans and the Second Amendment!
#gunownership #secondamendment#concealedcarry#AfricanAmericans#BassReeves#NAAGA #firearm#gun#NationalAfricanAmericanGunAssociation#selfdefense #rifle #blackhistory#pistol#guncontrol#podcast#AR15
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#gunownership #secondamendment#concealedcarry#AfricanAmericans#BassReeves#NAAGA #firearm#gun#NationalAfricanAmericanGunAssociation#selfdefense #rifle #blackhistory#pistol#guncontrol#podcast#AR15
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Defending Our Rights: African Americans and the Second Amendment
YouTube video by PTG. tv
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April 24, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Watch Defending Our Rights: African Americans and the Second Amendment!
#gunownership #secondamendment#concealedcarry#AfricanAmericans#BassReeves#NAAGA #firearm#gun#NationalAfricanAmericanGunAssociation#selfdefense #rifle #blackhistory#pistol#guncontrol#podcast#AR15
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#gunownership #secondamendment#concealedcarry#AfricanAmericans#BassReeves#NAAGA #firearm#gun#NationalAfricanAmericanGunAssociation#selfdefense #rifle #blackhistory#pistol#guncontrol#podcast#AR15
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I think Ryan Coogler should reboot the Bass Reeves movie. The real lawman deserved a much better movie than the 2010 Mauser film.
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#BassReeves #RyanCoogler #filmmakers
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#BassReeves #RyanCoogler #filmmakers
Lessons in Manliness from Bass Reeves
U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves was arguably the greatest lawman and gunfighter of the West, a man who served as a marshal for 32 years.
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April 23, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I think Ryan Coogler should reboot the Bass Reeves movie. The real lawman deserved a much better movie than the 2010 Mauser film.
www.artofmanliness.c....
#BassReeves #RyanCoogler #filmmakers
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#BassReeves #RyanCoogler #filmmakers
February 21st
I read that he was the inspiration for #TheLoneRanger tv show. #BassReeves
#BlackHistoryMonthBookChallenge #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM #tlskychat #booksky #books #VaundaMicheauxNelson
I read that he was the inspiration for #TheLoneRanger tv show. #BassReeves
#BlackHistoryMonthBookChallenge #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM #tlskychat #booksky #books #VaundaMicheauxNelson
February 21, 2025 at 11:19 AM
February 21st
I read that he was the inspiration for #TheLoneRanger tv show. #BassReeves
#BlackHistoryMonthBookChallenge #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM #tlskychat #booksky #books #VaundaMicheauxNelson
I read that he was the inspiration for #TheLoneRanger tv show. #BassReeves
#BlackHistoryMonthBookChallenge #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM #tlskychat #booksky #books #VaundaMicheauxNelson
Black History
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 career #blerd #blerdcon #BassReeves ##BlackHistoryMonth
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 career #blerd #blerdcon #BassReeves ##BlackHistoryMonth
February 21, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Black History
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 career #blerd #blerdcon #BassReeves ##BlackHistoryMonth
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 career #blerd #blerdcon #BassReeves ##BlackHistoryMonth
Born to slave parents in 1838 in Arkansas, Bass Reeves would become the first black U.S. Deputy Marshal west of the Mississippi River and one of the greatest frontier heroes in our nation’s history. Read about Bass Reeves – Black Hero Marshal www.legendsofamerica.com/we-bassreeves/
February 19, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Born to slave parents in 1838 in Arkansas, Bass Reeves would become the first black U.S. Deputy Marshal west of the Mississippi River and one of the greatest frontier heroes in our nation’s history. Read about Bass Reeves – Black Hero Marshal www.legendsofamerica.com/we-bassreeves/
#BlackHistoryMonth
Day 15
#BlackCowboys
Did you know that the #LoneRanger was based on one of the 1st #AfricanAmerican Deputy US Marshals, #BassReeves?
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Day 15
#BlackCowboys
Did you know that the #LoneRanger was based on one of the 1st #AfricanAmerican Deputy US Marshals, #BassReeves?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_Re...
Bass Reeves - Wikipedia
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February 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
#BlackHistoryMonth
Day 15
#BlackCowboys
Did you know that the #LoneRanger was based on one of the 1st #AfricanAmerican Deputy US Marshals, #BassReeves?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_Re...
Day 15
#BlackCowboys
Did you know that the #LoneRanger was based on one of the 1st #AfricanAmerican Deputy US Marshals, #BassReeves?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_Re...
@jeremy-souphead.bsky.social
This is fantastic.
#BassReeves
#DeputyUSMarshall
#BlackHistoryMonth2025
Inspiration and American hero.
This is fantastic.
#BassReeves
#DeputyUSMarshall
#BlackHistoryMonth2025
Inspiration and American hero.
Born into slavery, Bass Reeves escaped to become one of the first Black U.S. Marshals, arresting 3,000+ outlaws. Feared by criminals, a legend of justice—his story helped inspire the Lone Ranger. #BlackHistoryMonth #BassReeves #TrueLoneRanger
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en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_Re...
February 13, 2025 at 2:02 AM
@jeremy-souphead.bsky.social
This is fantastic.
#BassReeves
#DeputyUSMarshall
#BlackHistoryMonth2025
Inspiration and American hero.
This is fantastic.
#BassReeves
#DeputyUSMarshall
#BlackHistoryMonth2025
Inspiration and American hero.
Born into slavery, Bass Reeves escaped to become one of the first Black U.S. Marshals, arresting 3,000+ outlaws. Feared by criminals, a legend of justice—his story helped inspire the Lone Ranger. #BlackHistoryMonth #BassReeves #TrueLoneRanger
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_Re...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_Re...
February 13, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Born into slavery, Bass Reeves escaped to become one of the first Black U.S. Marshals, arresting 3,000+ outlaws. Feared by criminals, a legend of justice—his story helped inspire the Lone Ranger. #BlackHistoryMonth #BassReeves #TrueLoneRanger
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_Re...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_Re...