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Hero Of The Plains

by | Oct 28, 2019 | Ask the Marshall, Departments

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What can you tell me about a fight between Wild Bill Hickok and some soldiers? Joe Manriquez Whittier, California It took place on July 17, 1870, at Paddy Welch’s saloon in Hays City, Kansas. A couple of drunken troopers from Custer’s 7th Cavalry jumped Hickok. Jeremiah Lonergan, a pugilist of local renown, ran up and threw his arms around Hickok, pinning his arms and wrestling him to the floor. Meanwhile, John Kile pulled his Army issue revolver out from inside his blouse, stuck the muz


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