Bass Reeves: The Real Lone Ranger

He was the freed slave who became the real-life Lone Ranger! 🤠🇺🇸 Bass Reeves

was a giant of a man—six-foot-two—who was the first Black Deputy U.S. Marshal west of

the Mississippi. He worked in the lawless Indian Territory for 32 years, arrested over 3,000

felons, and once arrested his own son for murder! He was never wounded,

despite being shot at countless times. He wore disguises, was an expert tracker, spoke multiple Native

American languages, and always handed out a silver coin—sound familiar? When he retired,

he had the most arrests of any Marshal in history. The U.S. government intentionally

obscured his story, but Bass Reeves was the law in the Old West! He cleaned up the