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The Other Woman

by | Nov 1, 2017 | Features & Gunfights

Contemporaneous newspaper accounts of “Wild Bill” Hickok’s  marriage to Agnes Lake in 1876 reported a favorable view of their relationship. Accounts of the surprise marriage on March 5 in Cheyenne, Wyoming, describe Hickok as being “meek and gentle as a lamb,” seemingly conquered by love. The few letters written between them that remain display the genuine affection, respect and love between


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