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	Wild Bill Hickok - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		James Butler Hickok (May 27,1837-August 2,1876) better known as Wild Bill Hickok, was a semi-legendary figure in the American Wild West.
		Hickok toured with Buffalo Bill's Wild West show in 1872–1873, where he befriended Calamity Jane, who was later to claim a romantic relationship which appears dubious, Hickok being newly married and greatly enamored of his wife.
		Hickok's supposed death chair (http://www.icatweb.com/ropaweb/photos/southdakota/deadwood/deadwood18.html) is now in a glass case above the saloon entrance, though the saloon itself was moved after the original #10 burned down; the original site is down the street to the north about a block away.
	wikipedia.cas.ilstu.edu /index.php/Wild_Bill_Hickok (702 words)

	Wild Bill Hickok - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hickok was born in Troy Grove, Illinois on May 27, 1837.
		Hickok, whose eyesight was poor by that time in his life due to the early stages of glaucoma, caught the glimpse of movement of someone running toward him.
		Hickok's death chair is now in a glass case above the saloon entrance, though the saloon itself was moved after the original Nuttall and Mann's #10 saloon burned down; the original site is down the street to the north, about a block away.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wild_Bill_Hickok (1954 words)

	Hickok
		William Hickok, son of Samuel and Hannah was born in 1672 in Farmington, CT. He married Rebecca Andrews, daughter of Abraham and Rebecca Carrington in 1696 in Farmington.
		Rebecca Hickok, daughter of William and Rebecca was born on March 29, 1708 in Farmington, CT. She married Caleb Thompson, son of William Thompson and Martha on Aug 16, 1731 in Waterbury CT. I descend from their daughter Rachel Thompson who married Jedediah Turner.
		James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok was born in Troy Grove, IL on May 27, 1837.
	todmar.net /ancestry/hickok_main.htm (756 words)

	WILD BILL HICKOK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		James Butler Hickok was called "Bill" as early as the mid-1850s, and he may have picked up the nickname "Wild Bill" during the Civil War period for his carefree, daring ways of living and fighting.
		Alonzo Hickok was born in Vermont in 1801 and married Polly Butler in 1827.
		When Hickok was appointed marshal of Abilene less than a year later, he offered troublemakers a choice: "Leave town on the eastbound train, the westbound train, or go North in the morning." North meant boot hill and, except in rare instances, the Texas cowboys, the most violent element in town, decided to heed the warning.
	hem.passagen.se /topic/w.b.hickok.html (4602 words)

	The Wild Wild West - Wild Bill Hickok
		Hickok was a man with an athletic physique and a flamboyant dresser with shoulder length hair, and a sweeping mustache.
		Hickok replied: "There will be one less son-of-a-bitch when you try that." Hickok was now 24 years of age and had never been involved in a shoot-out, but he was ready.
		The cards Hickok held, at his time of death, were a pair of fl aces and a pair of eights, which came to be known as "A Dead Man's Hand." Jack McCall was thought to have been a coward for shooting a man in the back and thus was tried for murder.
	www.angelfire.com /mi4/polcrt/WBHickok.html (2248 words)

	Chronology on Life of James Butler HICKOK, Wild Bill Hickok, Old West Kansas
		Hickok's image,however, with the town of Springfield was not all positive, and many did not care for him or his ways.
		Hickok is on record as being fined, for participating in the altercation.
		Hickok was somewhat undecided though, thinking Agnes would return to the East after her show closed and he greatly preferred the West.
	www.kansasheritage.org /gunfighters/JBH.html (6635 words)

	Wild Bill Hickok
		James Butler Hickok was born in Troy Grove, Illinois, on May 27, 1837, and was shot dead in a saloon in Deadwood, Dakota Territory, on August 2, 1876.
		Nevertheless James did his chores correctly to maintain the family's sustenance farm, but this was not a life for a young man with romantic notions of the wild west frontier, and upon his eighteenth birthday he took his leave and migrated to Monticello, Kansas.
		Mounting his very fast horse, an Appaloosa, Hickok surprised the troops as well as the Indians as he broke into a full racing gallop, directly into the midst of the not quite wary Kiowa fighters, who were in repose, regaining their wind for the final suffocating action.
	www.abacom.com /~jkrause/hickok.html (4997 words)

	James Butler Hickok
		James Butler Hickok, played by Josh Brolin, otherwise known simply as Jimmy, was based on the true life Wild West legend "Wild Bill" Hickok.
		Finally in 1989, Josh landed the role of James Butler Hickok in the new ABC series "The Young Riders", a role that Josh felt he was born to play.
		James Butler Hickok, who better known to millions as "Wild Bill" Hickok, was a frontier lawman with a wide flung reputation for his speed and accuracy with a weapon.
	www.angelfire.com /ks/TheYoungRiders/Characters/Jimmy.html (2251 words)

	Wild Bill Hickok
		But the men in town swung clear of Hickok, not because of his intimidating looks, but because of his reputation as a killer.
		Hickok was looking down at his poker hand when McCall's Colt roared behind him.
		Hickok is buried in Mt. Moriah Cemetery in Deadwood with Charley Utter and other friends.
	www.cactusbilly.com /wildbillhickok.html (861 words)

	Wild Bill Hickok Photo Gallery and Timeline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Hickok said he grew his hair long as a challenge to those scalp seeking Indians he had been fighting so often.
		James Butler Hickok had not yet earned the nickname of "Wild Bill" when this photo was taken in 1858.
		Hickok stops the mob and a grateful woman shouts, “Good for you, Wild Bill!” She may have mistaken Hickok for someone else, but the name stuck.
	www.legendsofamerica.com /WE-BillHickokPhotoGallery.html (692 words)

	The Overland Stage--Drivers:James B "Wild Bill" Hickok--Last updated 04/05/00 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Hickok cast a striking figure, with his satin lapels, tailored suits, and golden past-shoulder-length hair that he kept in ringlets with oil.
		At the Rock Creek Station in Nebraska Territory he and James "Dock" Brink, another driver for the Overland, had a bloody shoot-out with the McCandless gang, in which five of them were killed.
		Hickok was also a notorious gambler and drinker, and spent much of his time in the red-light districts of the towns he was ostensibly protecting.
	www.over-land.com /driverhickok.html (396 words)

	Deadwood, South Dakota Revealed - About WILD BILL HICKOK
		James Butler Hickok, son, and fourth of six children, of William Alonzo and Polly (Butler) Hickok, was born in Homer (Troy Grove), La Salle Co., Illinois on 27 May 1837.
		The saloon owner stated that, at the time of his death, Hickok held a pair of aces and a pair of eights, all cards fl, which has since been known as a dead man's hand.
		At the trial it was proved that the murdered was hired to do his work by gamblers who feared the time when better citizens should appoint Bill the champion of law and order--a post which he formerly sustained in Kansas border life, with credit to his manhood and his courage.
	www.deadwood.searchroots.com /hickok.htm (1329 words)

	TheHistoryNet \| Wild West \| Wild Bill Hickok
		James Butler Hickok's reputation as the Old West's premier gunfighter or "man-killer" made him a legend in his own lifetime--a distinction shared by few of his gunfighting contemporaries.
		Hickok admitted his flaws and vices as do most people, but he reckoned that being called a red-handed murderer was going too far.
		Hickok did not wear a badge for long in Hays City (chosen Ellis County's acting sheriff in a special August 23, 1869, election, he was defeated in the regular election that November) or in Abilene (city marshal from April 15 to December 13, 1871), but it was time enough for him to make his mark.
	www.historynet.com /we/blwildbillhickok (1500 words)

	Wild Bill Hickok
		James Butler Hickok was born in Troy Grove, Illinois, in 1837.
		Hickok moved to Kansas in 1855 and at the age of 20 was elected constable of Monticello.
		James Butler Hickok, commonly called "Wild Bill," is one of the finest examples of that peculiar class known as frontiersman, ranger, hunter, and Indian scout.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /WWhickok.htm (6571 words)

	James Butler Hickok a.k.a “Wild Bill” Hickok: Poker Legend (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		As a boy in rural Illinois, young James was reliable enough, lean and wiry, and at the same time inordinately interested in guns, shooting, and combative bravado.
		McCall may have been paid for the deed, he may have suspected Hickok of an earlier slaying of his brother, or it may have just been the result of a recent dispute.
		James Butler Hickok was buried in the cemetery outside Deadwood.
	www.legendsinpoker.com /wild-bill-hickok.html (690 words)

	Alpine Outlaws - Dead Man's Hand
		Yesterday, August 2, 1876, James Butler Hickok, also known to friend and foe as Wild Bill, was brutally assaulted and murdered in the Black Hills mining town of Deadwood, South Dakota.
		At the time of his murder, Hickok, who never had a chance to defend himself nor see his assailant, was holding a draw-poker hand consisting of an ace of diamonds, an ace of clubs, one eight of clubs and an eight of spades.
		James Butler Hickok was born in Troy Grove, Ill., on May 27, 1837.
	www.alpineoutlaws.com /dead_mans_hand.html (770 words)

	Hickok, Wild Bill - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		He took part in the Kansas struggle preceeding the Civil War, was a driver of the Butterfield stage line, and gained fame as a gunfighter.
		After a tour of the East with Buffalo Bill (1872-73), Hickok went to Deadwood (now in S.Dak.) where he was murdered by Jack McCall.
		Calamity Jane: Part cheers, mostly booze: With her Wild Bill Hickok days behind her, legendary woman made quite a splash with Inland Northwest locals.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-hickok-w.html (319 words)

	They Called Him Wild Bill: The Man Behind the Myth
		So it was that James Butler Hickok came to the adventure that was to determine the course of his future life." (p.
		Hickok's price for his silence was his life, for one word from him and he would have been shot down by their many friends.
		He remembered that Hickok frequently gave the impression of being drunk or half-asleep when playing against a stacked deck; then he would finally choose his moment to pull a gun and show up the sharp.
	home.online.no /~kcnyhus/wildbill.htm (1093 words)

	Wild Bill Hickok 2
		James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok was born in Troy Grove, LaSalle County, Illinois on 27 May 1837, the fourth of six children born to William and Polly Butler Hickok.
		McCall would claim that Hickok had shot and killed his brother in Abilene, and there is a record of one Lew McCall being shot to death by a lawman.
		Wild Bill Hickok lies buried in Mount Moriah Cemetery in Deadwood, South Dakota, and after she died, Calamity Jane, the "White Devil of the Yellowstone," was buried (at her request) next to him for all eternity.
	www.theoutlaws.com /outlaws8.htm (1013 words)

	Wild Bill Hickok and the Dead Mans Hand
		McCanles was killed and both James Woods and James Gordon, who were seriously wounded, later died of their wounds.
		Hickok moved on again, landing in Sedalia, Missouri where he signed on with the Union Army as a wagon master and scout on October 30, 1861.
		Hickok fired two shots over the heads of the men, staring them down with an angry glare until the mob dispersed.
	www.legendsofamerica.com /WE-BillHickok.html (853 words)

	Wild Bill Hickok - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Hickok, Wild Bill (1837-1876), American frontiersman, marksman, and law enforcement officer.
		He was born James Butler Hickok in Troy Grove,...
		In 1883 Cody used his stage experience and sense of showmanship to organize his Wild West Show, an outdoor representation of the most exciting...
	encarta.msn.com /Wild_Bill_Hickok.html (87 words)

	WikiPokerPedia.com : WildBillHickok
		Hickok was level-headed even while fighting, as evidenced by a legendary exchange of words with Phil Coe.
		On October 5, 1871 Hickok was standing off a crowd during a street brawl, and caught the movement of someone running toward him.
		While this number is doubtful, there is no doubt that Hickok was a fearless and deadly fighting man, equally at home with a rifle, revolver, or knife.
	www.wikipokerpedia.com /wiki/tiki-index.php?page=WildBillHickok (1401 words)

	Hickok Wild Bill: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
		After a tour of the East with Buffalo Bill (1872â“73), Hickok went to Deadwood (now in S.Dak.) where he was murdered by Jack McCall.
		He was a plainsman in every...me to pieces, except that Wild Bill Hickok knocked the man down.
		After a beautiful tableau of Hickoks funeral, the first twenty minutes of Wild Bill blow the top of...Hill comes to bury Hickok and to praise him...of revisionism, Wild Bill reminds you that...
	www.questia.com /library/encyclopedia/hickok_wild_bill.jsp (1745 words)

	Wild Bill Hickok
		When they were about 50 yards apart both men drew his gun.
		Hickok shot and hit Tutt in the heart.
		This was the first recorded example of two men taking part in a quick-draw duel.
	www.oldwestlive.com /wildbillhickok.htm (381 words)

	ADAMS MUSEUM & HOUSE - WILD BILL
		In 1864, Hickok was appointed by General John Sanborn as his personal scout and spy, working in Missouri and Arkansas where guerilla tactics by Union and Confederate forces were often savage.
		Hickok’s fictionalized fame from this and other publications preceded him in his frequent moves around the West.
		His acting career was short-lived, and Hickok moved on, first to Cheyenne, then to St. Louis, and back to Cheyenne again where he decided to marry Agnes Lake Thatcher in March 1876.
	adamsmuseumandhouse.org /answers/wildbill.html (436 words)

	Jamesbutlerhickok - LastCall Wiki
		Hickok is the current owner of the Gun.
		The next day, Hickok is playing a bit of draw poker with Captain Massie, and he is sitting with his back to the door instead of in his usual seat.
		When Hickok was murdered, he held two pair: fl aces and fl eights.
	deaddrop.us /lastcall/index.php/Jamesbutlerhickok (237 words)

	Wild Bill Hickok
		James Butler Hickok, or "Wild Bill" Hickok, stumbled along behind a plow on his father's farm in La Salle Country, Illinois, until he grew big enough to have the gumption to drop the reins and follow the birds.
		In 1851, after some pistol practice out behind the barn, he became known as "Marshal Hickok" when he assumed the troubles for Monticello Township.
		His reputation was enough to make a cowboy tremble, as he was always cutting down somebody famous and running the Hickok peg up higher.
	www.commercialcasinos.com /gunfighters/wild_bill_hickok.html (718 words)

	Wild Bill (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		James Butler Hickok, who became known as Wild Bill Hickok, was born May 27, 1837 in Troy Grove, Illinois, just southeast of Mendota.
		He was the fourth son of William Alonzo and Polly Butler Hickok.
		By the age of 17, he was an excellent marksman.
	www.mendotamuseums.org /WBH.htm (425 words)

	Gambling Biographies Biography Hickok Essays -- Wild Bill Hickok (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		As a boy in rural Illinois, James became recognized as an outstanding marksman with the pistol.
		James and his two brothers and two sisters would often help with the work.
		It was during this time that James began to develop his courage that would be seen in his later years.
	www.123helpme.com /preview.asp?id=44428 (1691 words)

	James Butler ( - ) Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		A catalogue with an essay/interview by James Lilliefores, accompanies the exhibition.
		The exhibition, organized by the Butler Institute in association with Joseph Helman, includes twenty six works and is accompanied by a scholarly catalogue with entries by the artist’s wid...
		Between 2000 and 2003, photographer Linda Butler made eight trips to rural China to record images of the Yangtze River before it was changed forever by the Three Gorges Dam.
	www.wwar.com /masters/b/butler-james.html (1570 words)

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