B.K. Fulton, who launched Soulidifly in 2017, says he and the creative team jumped at the chance to tell the story of Bass Reeves, a deputy marshal in the Wild West whose life may have inspired the fictional Lone Ranger character.
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Born enslaved, Bass Reeves rose to become a legendary U.S. deputy marshal who helped tame the Wild West, giving rise to speculation that he served as the model for the fictional white Lone Ranger.