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Bass Reeves , was the man who the legend of the Lone Ranger was written about … Not surprisingly, was written out, or purposely overlooked in histories of the… West, by historians, until recently, and who was the subject of a long overdue book written a few years years ago by Art Burton, titled Black Gun, Silver Star: The Life and Legend of Frontier Marshal Bass Reeves.
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Naturally born a slave in 1838, Reeves’ master brought him along as his personal servant when he went off to fight with the Confederate Army, during the Civil War. And seeing an opportunity when it presented itself, Reeves escaped for freedom after, reportedly, beating up his master following an argument over a card game. Reeves fled to the then Indian Territory (which later became the state of…

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