Wild Bill Hickok
Hays in an Uproar

Hays in an Uproar

Wild Bill Hickok vs. The 7th Cavalry Hickok Almost Gets an Earful     July 17, 1870 Deputy U.S. Marshal James Butler “Wild Bill” Hickok...

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A Hickok Distraction

A Hickok Distraction

Wild Bill uses a ruse to kill Bill Mulvey. August 22, 1869. Tough nut Bill Mulvey is hurrahing Hays City, KS, firing his pistol in violation of town...

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Hardin and Hickok

Hardin and Hickok

As far as gunslingers go John Wesley Hardin and Wild Bill are reputed to have been equals at the top of the heap. So, what is the extent of the...

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A Legend is Born

A Legend is Born

The legend of Wild Bill Hickok was born in 1867, when George Ward Nichols' article in "Harpers Weekly," made Wild Bill Hickok the Old West's first...

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Wild Bill Hickok

Wild Bill Hickok

Was Wild Bill Hickok ever a Deputy U.S. Marshal? Hickok joined the army in April 1861. In 1864 he was working as a policeman for a Capt. Squires in...

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Gunpowder and Smoke

Gunpowder and Smoke

The West was immense, and frontier law enforcement sparse.  Wise individuals carried firearms and knew how to use them. Some men and women became...

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Wild Bill

Wild Bill

Wild Bill Hickok was very likely a good marksman with a handgun, which was something of a rarity on the frontier; he also was supposedly a very...

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