What a pleasant surprise tonight when watching a presentation / reenactment about the life of Bass Reeves, the real-life U.S. Marshall said to have inspired The Lone Ranger series. Granted, it was a stretch, but Bass Reeves' life as a black(!) U.S. Marshall in The Wild West during the period 1860-1900 certainly has many parallels to The Lone Ranger with whom many of us grew up Saturday mornings. Bass had an American Indian sidekick/helper, too. They said his name and I forget what it was, but it wasn't Tonto. Anyway, one scene showed Bass gathering up several malefactors for whom he had warrants, handcuffing them, and throwing them in the back of an open, horse-drawn wagon for transportation back to the proper jurisdiction. On the rear of the wagon's seat, though worn, you could easily read the large, flowing Studebaker script in more than one scene.
Cool beans.
BP
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