Wild Bill Hickock was gunned down by Jack McCall in a Deadwood saloon on this date, August 2, in 1876. While many a fanciful tale grew up around James Butler Hickock, he was a real-deal badass frontier partisan.
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Keith says
Almost in the 20th century, and still there were wild places & wild lives. I wonder how many youngsters know who Wild Bill was now.
Keith.
JimC says
Watchers of “Deadwood” got to know him — briefly.