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Deputy U.S. Marshall Bass Reeves

DEPUTY U.S. MARSHAL BASS REEVESTHIS STATUE WAS ERECTED IN 2012 AS A RESULT OF GROWINGAWARENESS OF THE EXTRAORDINARY SERVICE OF BASS REEVES, ANAFRICAN-AMERICAN FORMER SLAVE WHO BECAME A...

DEPUTY U.S. MARSHAL BASS REEVES

THIS STATUE WAS ERECTED IN 2012 AS A RESULT OF GROWING

AWARENESS OF THE EXTRAORDINARY SERVICE OF BASS REEVES, AN

AFRICAN-AMERICAN FORMER SLAVE WHO BECAME A HIGHLY

RESPECTED DEPUTY U.S. MARSHAL. THE DEEDS OF AFRICAN-

AMERICAN AND NATIVE AMERICAN LAWMEN AND CITIZENS WERE

OFTEN OVERLOOKED IN STANDARD HISTORY ACCOUNTS FOR MUCH OF THE

20TH CENTURY. A FULLER PICTURE OF THE DIVERSITY OF THE PEOPLE

WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS

AVAILABLE AT THE FORT SMITH NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE AS

WELL AS THE VARIOUS STATE AND TRIBAL SITES AND

MUSEUMS ACROSS THE ARKANSAS RIVER IN THE FORMER

INDIAN TERRITORY, NOW THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA.

 

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