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1 Φεβ 2018 · Reeves was a real-life Black cowboy who one historian has proposed may have inspired the Lone Ranger. In 1838—nearly a century before the Lone Ranger was introduced to the...
6 Αυγ 2013 · However, one historian believes that this 19th-century Deputy U.S. Marshal, an Arkansas slave named Bass Reeves, was the real-life inspiration for the Lone Ranger. In his book on...
Bass was one of the first African-American Deputy U.S. Marshals west of the Mississippi River, mostly working in the deadly Indian Territory. The region was saturated with horse thieves, cattle rustlers, gunslingers, bandits, bootleggers, swindlers, and murderers.
26 Δεκ 2021 · Was Bass Reeves the real Lone Ranger? The stories emanating from Reeves’ highly impressive arrest record has drawn comparison with those of another immensely productive lawman – the fictional (and white) Lone Ranger.
7 Ιαν 2024 · But interestingly enough, the inspiration behind The Lone Ranger may have actually been the real-life Deputy U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves, a Black man who fled the Civil War, befriended the Seminole and Creek Indians, and eventually became one of the greatest lawmen in the Wild West.
26 Οκτ 2023 · In the late 19th and early 20th century, a Black lawman named Bass Reeves was well known for his prowess at his job and the enthralling stories of his exploits, which often sound strikingly familiar to those of the Lone Ranger.
15 Ιαν 2019 · Bass Reeves may have been the inspiration for the character the Lone Ranger. He was a U.S. Deputy Marshal who worked with a Native American, gave out silver dollars and always got the criminal he was assigned to bring to justice.
