<P> Reeves' health began to fail, and he died of Bright's disease (nephritis) in 1910 . He was a great - uncle of Paul L. Brady, who became the first black man appointed as a federal administrative law judge in 1972 . </P> <Ul> <Li> In 2011, the US - 62 Bridge, which spans the Arkansas River between Muskogee and Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, was renamed the Bass Reeves Memorial Bridge . </Li> </Ul> <Li> In 2011, the US - 62 Bridge, which spans the Arkansas River between Muskogee and Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, was renamed the Bass Reeves Memorial Bridge . </Li> <Ul> <Li> In May 2012, a bronze statue of Reeves by Oklahoma sculptor Harold Holden was erected in Pendergraft Park in Fort Smith, Arkansas . </Li> </Ul>

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