His life story reads like a novel or Hollywood screenplay. Bass Reeves came into life in a situation that never revealed all his story would entail. Born into slavery in Crawford County, Arkansas, in 1838, he and his family were property of an Arkansas state legislator, William Reeves. Over time, Bass became a stable hand, a blacksmith apprentice, and then a house … [Read more...] about A Hero Before His Time; The Life and Legend of Bass Reeves