There are a lot of stories about Bass Reeves, not all of them credible.
That's not to say we don't know a lot. Reeves born as a slave in Arkansas Territory, in what is now Crawford County, owned by Arkansas state legislator William Steele Reeves.
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November 16, 2023 at 7:05 p.m.
There are a lot of stories about Bass Reeves, not all of them credible.
That's not to say we don't know a lot. Reeves born as a slave in Arkansas Territory, in what is now Crawford County, owned by Arkansas state legislator William Steele Reeves.