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From the gunslinging postwoman of Montana to the deputy marshal who patrolled the Plains, discover the seldom-taught stories of these icons of the American frontier.<\/h2>\n

Many stories about the Wild West depict it as a white place. Hollywood Westerns feature white lawmen, white outlaws, white cowboys, and white women. But the true Wild West was a place of rich diversity, and Black heroes made up an important part of its fabric.<\/p>\n

In present-day Oklahoma, California, Texas, and other places, Black Americans lay down the law as deputies, delivered the mail as fearless postwomen, and roamed the Plains as cowboys. Many were born enslaved and searched the West, like their white countrymen, for freedom.<\/p>\n

Below, discover the stories of Black Wild West heroes like Bass Reeves, the fearless deputy of Indian Territory, Buffalo Soldiers like Cathay Williams and Mark Matthews, and indomitable women like Mary Ellen Pleasant.<\/p>\n

Bass Reeves: The Formidable Deputy Marshal Of Indian Territory<\/h2>\n
\"Bass<\/p>\n

Public Domain<\/span>Some believe that Bass Reeves helped inspire the fictional character of the Lone Ranger.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the rowdy days of the Wild West, few places were quite as raucous as Indian Territory, a stretch of 75,000 square miles in present-day Oklahoma. But a Black deputy named\u00a0Bass Reeves<\/a>\u00a0was determined to lay down the law.<\/p>\n

Born a slave in 1838 in Arkansas, Reeves escaped bondage during the Civil War by beating up his master and fleeing to Indian Territory. There, he learned about the lay of the land, rubbed shoulders with the Indigenous Creek and Seminole people, and honed his skill with a rifle.<\/p>\n

And when a judge named Isaac C. Parker showed up in the 1870s to bring the law to the lawless land, he looked to men like Reeves to get the job done. In 1875, Reeves became a Deputy U.S. Marshal \u2014 and quickly got to work.<\/p>\n

Deputized, Reeves proved himself as an effective lawman. Creative \u2014 and as wily as the criminals he hunted \u2014 he began arresting scores of wanted men.<\/p>\n

\"Bass<\/p>\n

Public Domain<\/span>Bass Reeves, far left, standing with a group of fellow lawmen in 1907.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cReeves would round up dozens of outlaws at a time \u2014 12, 15, 16 \u2014 while most deputy marshals brought in four or five at a time,\u201d Art Burton, the author of\u00a0Black Gun, Silver Star<\/em>,\u00a0told the\u00a0Washington Post.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Sometimes, Reeves disguised himself as a farmer or a preacher to fool criminals. Other times, he pretended to be a simpleton so that outlaws would let down their guard. And often, Reeves simply relied on his skill as a marksman. Once, he shot a fleeing outlaw from a quarter-mile away.<\/p>\n

\u201cBass Reeves is the most successful marshal that rides in the Indian country,\u201d raved the\u00a0Daily Arkansas Gazette<\/em>\u00a0in 1891. \u201cHe\u2026 is a holy terror to the lawless characters in the west\u2026 It is probable that in the past few years he has taken more prisoners, from the Indian Territory, than any other officer.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s no wonder why some believe that Reeves, who died in 1910 at age 71, inspired the adventurous tales of the fictional Lone Ranger.<\/p>\n

Nat Love: A Legendary Black Cowboy<\/h2>\n
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\"Nat<\/p>\n

Public Domain<\/span>Nat Love later detailed his exploits as a cowboy in his autobiography.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Part of the allure of the Wild West was that a person could be anyone they wanted to be. And\u00a0Nat Love<\/a>\u00a0wanted to be a cowboy.<\/p>\n

After spending the first part of his life enslaved, Nat Love left his home in Tennessee at the age of 15 in 1869. As Love later wrote in his autobiography,\u00a0Life and Adventures of Nat Love, Better Known in the Cattle Country as \u2018Deadwood Dick\u2019, by Himself<\/em><\/a>, he made a beeline for Kansas because \u201cit was in the west, and it was the great west I wanted to see.\u201d<\/p>\n

In Dodge City, he marveled at the town\u2019s \u201csaloons, dance halls, and gambling houses.\u201d And Love watched with great interest as Black and white cowboys swaggered through the city. Determined to be a cowboy himself, Love proved himself to the others by successfully riding an unbroken horse.<\/p>\n

Accepted into their ranks, Love leaned into cowboy life. He drove cattle across Texas and Arizona, clashed with Native Americans, and allegedly rubbed shoulders with legendary outlaws like Jesse James and Billy the Kid.<\/p>\n

\"Deadwood<\/p>\n

Public Domain<\/span>As a cowboy, Nat Love often went by \u201cDeadwood Dick\u201d or \u201cRed River Dick.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Love also became a legend in his own right when he famously signed up for a contest in Deadwood, South Dakota, that challenged him to \u201crope, throw, tie, bridle, and saddle and mount\u201d a horse as fast as possible.<\/p>\n

\u201cI roped, threw, tied, bridled, saddled, and mounted my mustang in exactly nine minutes from the crack of the gun,\u201d he wrote. \u201cThis gave me the record and championship of the West\u2026 and my record has never been beaten.\u201d<\/p>\n

Though Love hung up his cowboy hat at the end of the century, he never lost his taste for adventure. He spent years working as a Pullman porter, which allowed him to travel the country. Then, Love worked as a guard for the General Securities Company until he died at age 67 in 1921.<\/p>\n

His life, Nat Love later wrote, was \u201cso full of action, which is but natural as the men of those days were men of action.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bill Pickett: The Inventer Of \u201cBulldogging\u201d<\/h2>\n
\"Bill<\/p>\n

Public Domain<\/span>Bill Pickett traveled the world to show off his cattle-wrestling skills.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

A descendant of formerly enslaved people, Cherokee tribe members, and white people, cowboy\u00a0Bill Pickett<\/a>\u00a0invented the sport of bulldogging, or cattle wrestling, after observing how herder dogs subdued steers by biting their lips. What if, Pickett wondered, people could do the same?<\/p>\n

In the 1880s, Pickett put his theory to the test. In front of astounded audiences, he wrestled steers by grabbing their horns and biting their lips, bringing the large animals down. By the turn of the century, Pickett was a rodeo star that one promoter dubbed the \u201cDusty Demon.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pickett showed off his sport in front of crowds all over the American West, as well as in England, Canada, Mexico, and South America. Sometimes, his work could be perilous. A crowd of 25,000 in Mexico City turned on Pickett after locals bet him that he couldn\u2019t fight a bull. When Pickett subdued the animal, the audience threw bottles at him, breaking his ribs.<\/p>\n

\"Bill<\/p>\n

Library of Congress<\/span>A statue of Bill Pickett cattle-wrestling in Fort Worth, Texas.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Pickett also encountered racist rodeos that didn\u2019t allow Black performers. Then, he pretended to be a full-blooded Cherokee to get into the ring. But film studios were slightly more accepting, and cast Pickett in\u00a0The Bull-Dogger<\/em>\u00a0(1921) and\u00a0The Crimson Skull<\/em>\u00a0(1922) \u2014 the first all-Black Western.<\/p>\n

When he died at the age of 61 in 1932 after an unbroken horse kicked him in the head, Pickett\u2019s friend, the humorist Will Rogers, quipped: \u201cBill Pickett never had an enemy. Even the steers wouldn\u2019t hurt old Bill.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pickett left behind a truly wild legacy. His somewhat controversial sport of cattle wrestling is still practiced today, and Pickett himself has been honored by the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum\u2019s Rodeo Hall of Fame, the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame, and other institutions.<\/p>\n

Biddy Mason: The Enslaved Woman Who Became A Real Estate Tycoon<\/h2>\n
\"Biddy<\/p>\n

Public Domain<\/span>Biddy Mason fought for her freedom in the mid-19th century \u2014 and won.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Like many people in the Wild West,\u00a0Bridget \u201cBiddy\u201d Mason<\/a>\u00a0was someone who forged her own path. But she overcame more than most in her journey from an enslaved woman to one of the richest people in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

Born enslaved in 1818, Mason spent most of her life following the whims of her master, Robert Marion Smith. A Mormon man, Smith forced Mason and other enslaved people to walk 1,700 miles from Mississippi to Utah, where Smith hoped to join a Mormon community. Mason trudged behind his caravan with her children, including a newborn baby.<\/p>\n

But Smith made a mistake \u2014 he veered into California, a free state. There, slavery was illegal. And when Mason learned about this from free Black people living in California, she decided to do something about it.<\/p>\n

Though Smith attempted to leave California for Texas, Biddy Mason had already made friends in California. A Black rancher named Robert Owens alerted the Los Angeles County Sheriff about Smith\u2019s slaves, and the authorities stopped Smith before he could leave the state.<\/p>\n

\"Los<\/p>\n

Library of Congress<\/span>Los Angeles, circa 1886. During Biddy Mason\u2019s life there, she became one of the city\u2019s most prominent citizens.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Mason petitioned for her freedom on January 19, 1856. Though Smith attempted to bribe her lawyers, a judge granted her petition anyway \u2014 and Mason, and 13 members of her family, were finally free.<\/p>\n

For the rest of her life, Biddy Mason worked to support other people. A nurse and midwife, Mason invested wisely and bought real estate in downtown Los Angeles. With her profits, she established a daycare, gave money to the poor, and helped found the city\u2019s First African Methodist Episcopal Church.<\/p>\n

Though Biddy Mason became one of the richest women in Los Angeles at the time, she was buried in an unmarked grave at the city\u2019s Evergreen Cemetery after she died on January 15, 1891, at the age of 72.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t until almost 100 years later, in 1988, that she was given a tombstone. Then, the mayor of Los Angeles and 3,000 members of the church she founded attended a ceremony celebrating her life.<\/p>\n

Cathay Williams: The Buffalo Soldier Who Disguised Herself As A Man<\/h2>\n
\"Cathay<\/p>\n

U.S. Army<\/span>A depiction of Cathay Williams, who disguised herself as a man in order to become a soldier.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The Wild West was a place of reinvention. But few reinvented themselves to the extent that\u00a0Cathay Williams<\/a>\u00a0did. In 1866, she pretended to be a man in order to become a Buffalo Soldier on the American frontier.<\/p>\n

Born enslaved in Missouri in 1844, Williams learned about the life of a soldier at a young age. After the Civil War broke out in 1861, Union soldiers came to occupy her hometown, and Williams, who was deemed \u201ccontraband,\u201d was forced to work as a Union Army cook and a washerwoman.<\/p>\n

Traveling with the Union Army, Williams saw the war up close.<\/p>\n

\u201cI saw the soldiers burn lots of cotton and was at Shreveport when the rebel gunboats were captured and burned on Red River,\u201d she would later\u00a0tell the\u00a0St. Louis Daily Times<\/em><\/a>\u00a0in 1872. \u201cFinally I was sent to Washington City and at the time Gen. (Philip) Sheridan made his raids in the Shenandoah Valley I was cook and washwoman for his staff.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Buffalo<\/p>\n

National Parks Service<\/span>A group of Buffalo Soldiers patrolling Yosemite in 1899.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

But when the war ended, Williams found few opportunities. So, she decided to disguise herself as a man and enlist in the U.S. Army.<\/p>\n

According to Military.com<\/a>, Williams was assigned to the 38th U.S. Infantry Regiment, one of six segregated Black infantry regiments. These Black soldiers were famously dubbed \u201cBuffalo Soldiers\u201d by the Native Americans who fought against them. This was supposedly because of their curly dark hair and fierce spirit,\u00a0according to the National Parks Service<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And Cathay Williams \u2014 who presented herself as William Cathay \u2014\u00a0was one of them. She accompanied the 38th out west, where her regiment was tasked with protecting the construction of the intercontinental railroad.<\/p>\n

Williams\u2019 gender went unnoticed for about two years. But in 1868, doctors discovered the truth while they were treating her for a case of smallpox. Though she was honorably discharged, Williams\u2019 legacy remains a remarkable one. She was the only woman to ever serve as a Buffalo Soldier and the very first Black woman to enlist in the U.S. Army.<\/p>\n

Mary Ellen Pleasant: \u201cThe Mother Of Human Rights In California\u201d<\/h2>\n
\"Mary<\/p>\n

Public Domain<\/span>Mary Ellen Pleasant claimed that she helped fund John Brown\u2019s raid on Harpers Ferry.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Like many others in the Wild West,\u00a0Mary Ellen Pleasant<\/a>\u00a0spent most of her life trying to make it rich. But Pleasant went about attaining riches in a unique way and spent her money on causes she believed in, like abolition.<\/p>\n

Some say that Mary Ellen Pleasant was born in Georgia, though Pleasant herself claimed to have been born in Philadelphia. Likewise, it\u2019s not clear whether Pleasant, who was born in 1814, started her life free or enslaved.<\/p>\n

But what does seem clear is that Pleasant learned a valuable lesson at a young age.\u00a0According to\u00a0The New York Times<\/em><\/a>, her work as a domestic servant in Massachusetts taught her to observe others. Though she learned to read and write, Pleasant mostly used her observations as a de facto education.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI have let books alone and studied men and women a good deal,\u201d she later wrote in her autobiography.<\/p>\n

After Pleasant\u2019s first husband died in the 1840s, she made her way to San Francisco with her second husband, who she eventually separated from. And then, Pleasant used her skills of observation to make her riches.<\/p>\n

\"Mother<\/p>\n

Public Domain<\/span>Mary Ellen Pleasant used her powers of observation to build her fortune.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

While working as a cook, Pleasant often eavesdropped on her wealthy customers and used what they said to invest the money she\u2019d inherited from her husband. Before long, Pleasant owned a variety of properties and even listed herself as a \u201ccapitalist\u201d on the 1890 census.<\/p>\n

But Pleasant also donated her money toward worthy causes. When she heard about John Brown\u2019s plan to raid Harpers Ferry, for example, Pleasant allegedly gave him $30,000. She even later requested that her gravestone be inscribed with the line: \u201cA Friend of John Brown.\u201d And after slavery was abolished, she focused on fighting against ongoing racial discrimination.<\/p>\n

Her life was not without difficulty, however. Pleasant lost much of her fortune after her business partner, a white man named Thomas Bell, died. Though Pleasant and Bell may have made investments in his name because it was easier, Bell\u2019s wife won control of the assets registered under him.<\/p>\n

Mary Ellen Pleasant died in 1904, nearly penniless but still famous in San Francisco as the \u201cMother of Human Rights in California.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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