The Times Record's Jeff Arnold did a great job this weekend with the latest on the Bass Reeves Legacy Monument.

A larger-than-life monument is probably fitting for a man whose legendary exploits made him maybe the most feared lawman in the Indian Territory.

A 1¼ scale bronze monument of U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves on horseback to be created by Oklahoma artist Harold Holden will be placed in Ross Pendegraft Park at the foot of the J. Fred Patton/Garrison Avenue Bridge when it is complete.

The Bass Reeves Legacy Initiative — a local nonprofit created to support projects commemorating the frontier lawman — will use private donations to fund the $300,000 monument, which is estimated to be complete May 25, 2009.

Read more about Bass Reeves and the monument here, in Jeff's story.