December 1, 2017
Bass Reeves
Wild West Show
Didier Cadena
This is a very interesting article. I had no idea of who Bass Reeves was before reading this article, so it was nice to be able to read a little bit about his life. I thought that your introduction really helped keep me hooked on the article. I also liked how you described what life was like growing up in the old west. The article does a great job of putting all of the information together and still keep it fun to read.
02/09/2018
1:48 pm
Felicia Stewart
I really enjoyed reading this article and it was very informative! I was not very familiar with Bass Reeves prior to reading the article, therefore, I learned a lot from it. The title and the first few sentences of the article really drew me in. It also taught me of the relationships that many slaves had with Native Americans. You also went into a lot of detail on Bass Reeves life which helped provide more insight, it showed the struggle that Reeves faced.
27/01/2019
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Matthew Swaykus
Let me just say, the author did an AMAZING job with this article! I personally learned a little bit about this unsung hero and I could not have done a better justice if I had tried. Brass Reeves deserves to be among the most famed characters we think about when picturing the American “wild west”, and I believe this article serves that purpose very well. His life was something from an adventure novel, but I was astonished by the brilliance of the author’s approach. You simply cannot skim over his portrayal of the antagonist, Greenleaf. This article simply blew me away.
23/02/2019
1:48 pm
Christopher Hohman
Nice article. Bass Reeves was a quite a skilled and talented solider and athlete. It is good that he was able to patrol the wild west and make quite a life and name for himself at a time when many African Americans were not well respected. His work in capturing a very dangerous criminal will never be forgotten because it made society so much safer. It is sad that he had not always gotten the recognition he deserves because of racial differences.
19/03/2019
1:48 pm
Danielle Slaughter
I regret never learning about U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves, or that his life story was likely a major inspiration behind “The Lone Ranger”. Of course, early Hollywood didn’t much care for racial accuracy, which is unfortunate because a tale such a Reeve’s might have brought a new perspective of African-Americans in the United States. Awesome article!
25/03/2019
1:48 pm
Joshua Garza
This is a great article over a very interesting guy in american history especially for the time period it took place in. The first way I heard of Bass Reeves was actually on an episode of Drunk History where Jaleel White was portraying Bass Reeves . It interested me the first time I saw the episode. I’m glad that I got to read this article so I could learn more about him.
07/04/2019
1:48 pm
Roberto Rodriguez
This was a great story that seemed to be straight out of a Hollywood movie script, it really has the power to inspire anybody. It is honestly a shame that nobody (myself included) really knows this story, he deserves a lot of praise and admiration. He definitely deserves a recommendation for a U.S. deputy marshal position, just from his skills alone (it is also really nice to know his race did not get in his way from getting the recommendation). I honestly feel bad that I do have that image of a “white lawman” whenever I think about the old west. Thinking back on it though, I do not think I have taken the time to read/learn about lawmen in the old west, I just reference old cowboy movies with Clint Eastwood. It is good to know that I actually learned a story about a real lawman of the old west, great article!
13/09/2019
1:48 pm
Kathryn Martinez
What most people do not know is that Reeves gained freedom by fleeing after beating George Reeves, after a card game dispute. That’s when he fled to Native American territory where he lived with Cherokees and Seminoles until he was officially released in 1863 by the Emancipation Proclamation. His life is so interesting and seems straight out of a movie script. I’m very glad that someone wrote an article about him!
29/09/2019
1:48 pm
Fred Staff
There is no doubt that Reeves was a man like few that have ever existed. Smart, strong, dedicated, and religious. He respected others and treated those he caught with respect, as long as they understood that he had them under his control. I totally disagree with the 3000 captured statement. In his many years of service, he might have captured 1000. There is little doubt that he transported 3000 as the movement of criminals from one point to Fort Smith and later Paris, Texas was part of the Marshal’s job. I also disagree that he had anything to do with the creation of the Lone Ranger. He did deliver prisoners to Detroit and that is where the Lone Ranger story started, but the latest he could have been there was 1907. It was more than twenty years later that the Lone Ranger appeared and Fran Striker the writer was instructed by his boss to write something like this. He converted two stories he had already written and the Lone Ranger was born. Striker was known to write about 60,000 words a week and had no time to go and interview prisoners who had been in jail 20 years earlier to get the story. As the person who wrote three books covering the life of Bass Reeves, I have spent more than three years researching him. One other thing that was not brought up here is the statement that he was never shot. This is incorrect. He got shot in the leg and the doctor could not remove the bullet because of its location and the chance that he might bleed to death. One of his obituaries mentioned that he died with a bullet in him.
15/11/2019
1:48 pm
Stephanie Robinson
Why not ,even the good lord put people who unique out standing things like the gentleman who would not use a gun to join the army. the hard ship that this gentleman went through…And God use him to do the unpredictable to save lives.I love your writing but i disagree about the 3,000 lives .there were more black bounty hunters as well as cowboy because of left out history of minorities.
25/01/2021
1:48 pm
Thomas Fraire
I appreciated perusing this article I didn’t think about Bass Reeves until the point that I read this article. I took in a great deal about his life growing up and in addition the early history in the west. I didn’t realize that there was so much wrongdoing and lawbreakers were around once upon a time. I additionally thought it was really dynamic how Reeves could turn into an agent marshal. Reeves could take in a great deal of aptitudes as he was growing up that helped him to gain occupations and awe individuals who won’t not have given him the openings.
14/03/2018
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