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James Butler Hickok (May 27, 1837 – August 2, 1876), better known as "Wild Bill" Hickok, was a folk hero of the American Old West known for his life on the frontier as a soldier, scout, lawman, cattle rustler, gunslinger, gambler, showman, and actor, and for his involvement in many famous gunfights.
William Adams "Wild Bill" Hickman (April 16, 1815 – August 21, 1883) was an American frontiersman. He also served as a representative to the Utah Territorial Legislature and is most known for writing a public confession to committing several murders under orders from Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints prophet Brigham Young .
William Adams Wild Bill Hickman (1815–1883), frontiersman, ex-Mormon, and purported murderer Bill Hickok (American football) (1874–1933), American football player and businessman William Dathan Holbert (born 1979), American serial killer
The biography documents the life of James Butler Hickok, more commonly known as "Wild Bill" Hickok, from "cradle to grave," Crease said. Based in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina but originally from ...
It was also a place where Wild Bill Hickok like to kick back at the saloon during his stint as town marshal. Visitors can get a sense for the town's lawless history at Old Abilene Town, where you ...
Mormon teachings against outsiders during the Mormon Reformation period Orders from Brigham Young [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The Aiken massacre was an 1857 lynching in central Utah of five Californian travelers reportedly at the orders of top leaders in Mormonism 's largest denomination, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints .
Display in Deadwood, South Dakota with the dead man's hand (here given as A♠ A♣ 8♠ 8♣ 9♦). What is currently considered the dead man's hand card combination received its notoriety from a legend that it was the five-card stud or five-card draw hand, held by Wild Bill Hickok when he was shot in the back of the head by Jack McCall on August 2, 1876, in Nuttal & Mann's Saloon, Deadwood ...
Hickok is in town with the Buffalo Bill Cody Wild West Show and is supposed to have hit a fellow actor. (Charges later are dropped.) Hickok gained national fame as the “two-gun marshal” in the ...