Wild Bill Hickok's reputation as a gunfighter may be blown out of proportion but there's no doubt, he was an excellent shot. He put a bullet in the...
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Wild Bill Hickok
LIVE EVENT: Wild Bill Hickok The Skinny on the First Gunfight
If you love Westerns and classic gunfight in the street face offs, you can thank one guy: Wild Bill Hickock, the first gunfighter and the founder of...
Following Phil Coe’s Trail to Death
Have fun trailing the Lone Star outlaw from Texas to Kansas. Charles E. Rankin, retired editor of the University of Oklahoma Press and astute...
They Called Him Wild Bill Wild Bill Hickok was arguably the greatest shootist of them all. Wild Bill's other hobby was gambling, although his hand at cards wasn't nearly as skillful as his prowess with his 1851 Navy Colt’s.
Wild Bill Hickok was arguably the greatest shootist of them all. His skill as a marksman with a six-gun, even considering embellishments, can't be...
An Apt Punishment? David McCanles was determined to make his point.
David McCanles—later killed by Wild Bill Hickok—was a bully. In late 1859, he caught one of his Nebraska ranch employees drunkenly sleeping on the...
Wild Bill Shot Down
James Butler Hickok vs Jack McCall
The Saloon Number 10 Wild Bill Hickok’s death chair
Not long ago I received a question from a True West reader asking about Wild Bill Hickok’s death chair. He wondered if the chair hanging above the...
Bosom Buddies? What was the relationship between Hickok and Hardin?
John Wesley Hardin hit Abilene, Kansas as part of a Texas cattle drive in 1871. The newly installed marshal there was Wild Bill Hickok. Hardin...
Souvenir Of A Gunman Did Charlie Storms get Wild Bill’s pistol?
Charlie Storms was a well-known gambler who frequented some of the wildest of the Wild West towns after the Civil War. In fact, Storms met his end...
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 relationship between the two?
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...
Hero Of The Plains
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Abilene’s Man with a Star
Explore the Great Plains from Wyoming to Kansas and discover the truth behind the stories of legendary Western lawman “Bear River” Tom Smith.