Wild Bill versus Davis Tutt. It’s reputed to be the first (and one of the only) Hollywood-style gunfight in the Old West. On July 21st, 1865, Wild...
The Classic Gunfight
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The Dead Man’s Hand?
What cards did Wild Bill hold when he was shot? On August 2nd, 1876, Jack McCall walked into the Nuttal and Mann's No. 10 Saloon in Deadwood, Dakota...
Justice Served
Ten U.S. Marshals and Deputy U.S. Marshals who defined the legendary West All Illustrations by Bob Boze Bell and All Images Courtesy True West...
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...
U.S. Marshals, Oklahoma and Wild Bill
For 70 years, Western law and order history has been popularized by True West’s editors. From Joe Small’s first issue in the summer of 1953 to the...
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...
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...
He Talked His Life Away
Wild Bill Hickok was under constant fear of assassination by glory hunters. He spread newspapers on his bedroom floor at night in case someone tried...
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...
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...
Marshall “Wild Bill”
December 13, 1871. Abilene (KS) Town Council President J.A. Gauthie moves to dismiss Marshal J.B. “Wild Bill” Hickok after just eight months in the...
Hickok Saw it Coming…Sort Of
Jack McCall didn’t totally surprise Wild Bill. The legend says that Jack McCall came up from behind an unaware Wild Bill Hickok (photo) and shot him...