93,821 profiles ranked live

Back to the boardThe board

Bass Reeves

✓ Source-basedfalling

Deputy U.S. marshal

United StatesLived 1838 to 1910 · aged 72
Compare
Fame54.7
MomentumNot measured
Languages14
In century#4,559

S. Marshal, gunfighter, farmer, scout, tracker, and railroad agent who escaped from slavery. He spoke the languages of several Native American tribes including Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Seminole, and Muscogee. S. Marshals west of the Mississippi River, mostly working in the Indian Territory.

Also inDeutsch

Photos 3

Reeves (left) with a group of Marshals and Federal employees at the Northern District of Indian Territory Federal Court in Muskogee in 1907Reeves (left) with a group of Marshals and Federal employees at the Northern District of Indian Territory Federal Court in Muskogee in 1907A statue dedicated to Bass Reeves in Fort Smith, ArkansasA statue dedicated to Bass Reeves in Fort Smith, Arkansas

About this person

Bass Reeves was a deputy U.S. Marshal, gunfighter, farmer, scout, tracker, and railroad agent who escaped from slavery. He spoke the languages of several Native American tribes including Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Seminole, and Muscogee. Reeves was one of the first black Deputy U.S. Marshals west of the Mississippi River, mostly working in the Indian Territory. Reeves is credited with more than 3,000 arrests during his career and with killing twenty men in the line of duty.

Country
United States
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1838 to 1910 · aged 72
Written about in
14 languages

Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.