Disgusted, Wild Bill Hickok tossed down his cards on that fateful August 2, 1876. Hickok had joined the table at Nuttall and Mann’s No. 10 Saloon in Deadwood, Dakota Territory, at about noon. Never wanting his back to a bar or door, the legendary gunman first asked young gambler Charlie Henry Rich, seated with his back to the west wall, to change chairs. Only Rich had declined, and Hickok, a gambler himself, did not press the issue. After all, changing seats could change one’s luck. Card
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