Hot Springs museum has gaming tables featured in new Bass Reeves biopic series

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – If you're familiar with the hit show Yellowstone, a prequel series is coming to your television screen soon that will tell the story of a Fort Smith legend Bass Reeves.

Filmmakers of the show, titled "1883: The Bass Reeves Story", used authentic gaming tables from the Hot Springs Gambling Museum to feature in the series.

"We look at it as if we're preserving history," co-owner of History of Hot Springs Gambling said.

The History of Hot springs Gambling Museum is where you can find an array of timeless treasures.

Recently, those collectables have sparked the interest of screenwriters who looked to the originators of American gambling in the 1800's, right in Hot Springs.

"The lady explained to me that she worked with Kingstreet Productions, and they were filming a mini-series tied into the Yellowstone series about Bass Reeves," Hendrix said.

Bass Reeves was the first African American U.S. Marshal in the United States and goes down in history as one of the greatest in law enforcement.

Something filmmakers wanted to capture on the big screen.

"They were lo...