Born to a Buffalo Soldier and a Cherokee mother, Crawford “Cherokee Bill” Goldsby grew up in a world divided by race, violence, and survival. By seventeen, he was robbing banks and killing lawmen. He ...

Before Cherokee Bill became a name whispered across saloons and frontier posts, he was a boy shaped by trauma, displacement, and ruthless boarding schools. His rise into the Cook Gang sparked one of ...

Art Burton will share tales of frontier marshal Bass Reeves, Cherokee Bill and black cowboys of the Shawnee Trail at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19, at the Allen Heritage Village, 450 E. St. Mary Drive.