WILD BILL HICKOK

His contemporaries called him Wild Bill Hickok and the newspaper men made him a legend in his own time.
His real name was James Butler Hickok.
Part of the Hickok legend was built on his ability to handle a pistol with either hand, becoming one of the first, so called “fast guns.”
He carried his pistols in an unusual butts-forward manner.
Wild Bill was the most famous scout on the plains. His courage was never in question; his skill with rifle and pistol was a dead aim. His influence among the frontiersmen was unbounded, his word was law.
Wild Bill was a gambler; he would rather play poker than eat. That was his fatal vice.
Wild Bill Hickok life of adventure ended during a card game in Deadwoods No.10 Saloon on August 2, 1876.
He was shot from behind by Jack McCall, who was hanged for the deed.
Wild Bill’s poker hand, black aces, eights, and a nine of diamonds will forever be known as the DEAD MANS HAND.
His grave is at the Deadwood Mount Mariah Cemetery.


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