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 Wild Bill Hickok
Wild Bill had taken off his guns for the night, but still had a six-inch knife stuck in his belt, while the bear was equipped with numerous claws and a spectacular set of perfect teeth.
Bill said that he would like to do a little favor for his old buddies, but he didn't want to reveal himself for fear that they would feel obligated to him and he didn't want them to spend their hard-earned money on some return gift which he likely had no need for anyway.
Unemployed, Wild Bill was a bit relieved, in a way, because while he enjoyed being a lawman, he decided that he liked being a gambler just as much, and so now he had an opportunity to follow that bliss.
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 Wild Bill Hickok   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
Wild Bill had the reputation to be a master with his Colt Navy.
Bill took offense and when the gunsmoke cleared three of the men were dead.
When Wild Bill Hickok fell down dead on the floor, he had in his hand five cards, the cards that became known as a "dead mans hand" (a two-pair of aces and eigths).
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 Wild Bill Hickok   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
Photo of James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok 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.
He toured with Buffalo Bills 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.
McCall was subsequently rearrested and retried, Hickok's brother Lorenzo Butler Hickok having traveled from Illinois to attend the retrial.
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 WILD BILL HICKOK
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.
Wild Bill Hickok, the stone-cold killer, wept openly as he carried Williams into the Alamo saloon and laid him on a billiard table, where he died.
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 TheHistoryNet | Wild West | Wild Bill Hickok
Wild Bill broke his silence of some years and wrote angrily to several newspapers, declaring, "No Texan has, nor ever will `corral William.'" He also demanded to know who it was who prophesied that he and others should die with their boots on.
Wild Bill could be generous to a fault and, though slow to anger, would willingly defend a friend or the fearful if they were under threat.
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.
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 Hickok, "Wild Bill"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
Born in rural Illinois, James Hickok developed extraordinary shooting skills in an otherwise unremarkable childhood.
Hickok soon parlayed his status as pop culture icon into a new career.
He starred as "Wild Bill" in the play Scouts of the Praires, and toured with Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show in 1872-73.
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 Wild Bill   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
James Butler Hickok, who became known as Wild Bill Hickok, was born May 27, 1837 in Troy Grove, Illinois, just southeast of Mendota.
On August 2, 1876, Wild Bill entered a poker game in a saloon in Deadwood, Dakota Territory and for the first time sat with his back to an open door.
Wild Bill's older brother, Lorenzo, was in attendance at the trial.
www.mendotamuseums.org /WBH.htm   (425 words)

  
 Wild Bill Hickok - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Earlier claims that they had met when he joined the Wild West Show in 1873 are false, as at that time she was serving on the Great Plains with the US Cavalry, as a scout, and she herself did not start touring with Wild West Shows until 1896.
Hickok's death chair 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.
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 Wild Bill Hickok
Hickok moved to Kansas in 1855 and at the age of 20 was elected constable of Monticello.
Hickok returned to his life as a gambler and in 1866 gave an interview to a journalist, George Ward Nichols about his exploits as a gunfighter.
Hickok is a native of Homer, Lasalle County.
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 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.
Wild Bill was a dashing figure of a man at over six feet tall with bright blue eyes and auburn hair.
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.
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 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.
This Hickok did, with the aid of his deputies, although both he and his men were openly cursed for doing their duty.
Hickok was somewhat undecided though, thinking Agnes would return to the East after her show closed and he greatly preferred the West.
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 James Butler HICKOK Family History | Kansas Family History | www.kansasheritage.org
Wild Bill never said he was married to Jane, only she claims that.
Wild Bill had Glaucoma, a disease that was slowly taking away his eyesight.
Wild Bill was so paranoid about being killed that it is said that he slept with crumbled newspapers on the floor to hear if someone tried to sneak in on him?
www.kansasheritage.org /families/hickok.html   (818 words)

  
 Wild Bill Hickok and the Dead Mans Hand
Wild Bill headed back to Monticello, Kansas where he accepted a position as a peace officer on March 22, 1858.
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.
Wild Bill!” She may have mistaken Hickok for someone else, but the name stuck.
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 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.
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 Wild Bill Hickok
Eulogized and ostracized, James Butler Hickok was alternately labeled courageous, affable, and self confident; cowardly, cold-blooded, and drunken; a fine specimen of physical manhood; an overdressed dandy with perfumed hair; an unequaled marksman; a poor shot.
Culminating four decades of research by one of the top authorities on Wild West legends, Wild Bill Hickok is a highly readable, fun, and accurate account of the larger-than-life character whose reported accomplishments--both real and imaginary--in Kansas, Missouri, and the surrounding territory frequently brought him unwanted publicity.
Establishing the role an overzealous press and fortune-seeking dime novelists played in immortalizing Wild Bill, Rosa reveals a great deal about how myths were initiated and perpetuated to glorify the nineteenth-century frontier.
www.kansaspress.ku.edu /roswil.html   (517 words)

  
 The Wild Bill Hickok Rodeo & Central Kansas Free Fair are held annually in Abilene, Kansas the first weekend in August. ...
At the 2nd performance of the Wild Bill Hickok Rodeo, Wild Bill Hickok Rodeo Committee members Sidney Hammond, Abilene, and Bruce Kogler, rural Abilene, were presented with a plaque holding their PRCA (Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association) Gold Cards.
A handmade quilt made by Beverly Willcoxon and embedded with the history of the Wild Bill Hickok Rodeo was the biggest seller--topping off the bidding at $2,400.
Thirteen pro rodeos in the state, including the Wild Bill Hickok Rodeo, are part of a series sponsored by the Kansas Lottery.
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 AmericanWest - Gunslingers and Outlaws
James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok was born in Illinois on May 27, 1837.
He was a scout for the Union army during the Civil War, and gained fame as a frontier marshal and gunfighter in Kansas cow towns between 1866 and 1871.
He joined Buffalo Bill for a brief time on stage in New York, 'wow'-ing the audiences with his shooting accuracy.
www.americanwest.com /pages/gunsoutl.htm   (329 words)

  
 TV Western Shows - Wild Bill Hickok, Guy Madison, Andy Devine
Horses:Buckshot - Wild Bill's horse and Joker was Jingles
The real Wild Bill was more lowdown than this TV portrayal.
This version, which also ran on radio, made WIld Bill Hickok (Guy MAdison) into a first rate hero by just not mentioing the part where the real guy was a gambler and marshal.
www.fiftiesweb.com /tv/wild-bill-hickok.htm   (136 words)

  
 S.D. may see first execution since 1947 - Boston.com
This Old West town where Jack McCall killed gunfighter Wild Bill Hickok while he played poker in 1876 again figures in a capital punishment case in South Dakota, which may be facing its first execution in 59 years.
DEADWOOD, S.D. This Old West town where Jack McCall killed gunfighter Wild Bill Hickok while he played poker in 1876 again figures in a capital punishment case in South Dakota, which may be facing its first execution in 59 years.
McCall was hanged for shooting Hickok in Saloon No. 10.
www.boston.com /news/nation/articles/2006/08/13/man_in_sd_asks_to_be_executed   (753 words)

  
 Keith Carradine as Wild Bill Hickok: HBO: Deadwood
James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok was one of the most legendary figures of the Old West.
A renowned marksman and Civil War spy, Hickok was known for his skills with a pair of twin Colt revolvers, killing somewhere between eight and 100 men, depending on whose stories you believe.
Discuss Wild Bill Hickock on the Deadwood Bulletin Boards.
www.hbo.com /deadwood/cast/character/wildbillhickok.shtml   (284 words)

  
 Wild Bill Hickok - Western Legend
Wild Bill Hickok - Western Legend is educational and also very entertaining.
You'll relive the true story of Wild Bill Hickok with music, images, video, and sounds in an educational and entertaining structured presentation.
When you purchase and download the Wild Bill Hickok Program you will also receive the aces and eights screen saver and registration.
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 City of Deadwood --
Wild Bill sculpture and young boy circa 1950s.
While the gold rush of 1876 brought the likes of Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane, it also provided the wealth to construct a thriving commercial center in the heart of the Black Hills of South Dakota.
From historic to contemporary, Deadwood's 80-plus gaming halls provide the same lively action they did over 100 years ago.
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 Wild Bill Hickok, Deadwood, James Butler Hickok
Wild Bill Hickok worked as a freighter on the Oregon Trail and the Santa Fe Trail.
Wild Bill Hickok may be better known as an Army scout and a Marshal to some folks
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 America's West - Development & History
From the Frontier and Pioneer days of the Wild West, to today's Modern West.
From Doc Holliday, Wild Bill Hickok, and Jesse James to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
Buffalo Bill, Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone, James Bowie, Kit Carson and other well-known Westerners.
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 Fast Draw Resource Center - 2001 Wild Bill Hickok World Wax Elimination Championship   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
For 2001 the Wild Bill Hickok Fast Draw contest moved to the main street of Deadwood, and was the World Wax Elimination Championship.
Prior years had seen the contest being a Blank elimination event, but the ammunition this year consisted of wax bullets propelled by six grains of fl powder.
The division winners of the 2001 Wild Bill Hickok World Elimination Championships
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