#Wild Bill Hickok

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Today in 1876 – Wild Bill Hickok was shot and killed while playing poker in a saloon in Deadwood, Dakota Territory (present-day South Dakota) by Jack McCall, a losing gambler. Wild Bill held black aces and eights, which became known as the “dead man’s hand.”

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im dying

gentlemen why the hell are you looking at each other LIKE THAT

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Artist: s campos

On this day in 1876, James Butler Hickok, better known to us as Wild Bill Hickok, gunfighter and sheriff was shot dead in a saloon in the town of Deadwood.

Hickok never usually played poker with his back to the door, but on this day he did because there was no other chair available. As Hickok picked up his cards one Jack McCall came into the room and shot him in the back of the head. Why McCall did this nobody really knows, but McCall did lose to Hickok the previous day.

The hand Will Bill Hickok was holding was a pair of aces and eights, the fifth card is unknown - his grouping of cards is now known as Dead Man's Hand.

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Sadly, we'll never get a reunion movie, but I like to think of them that way :) 

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sam elliott as wild bill hickock in buffalo girls

primetime emmy award nominee for outstanding supporting actor in a limited series or movie

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The White Buffalo (1977)

"Charging... Roaring... Breathing Fire and Hell... The White Earthquake is Here!"

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Step Into the Shadows of DeadwoodDeadwood–a town steeped in legend–holds its breath as Travis Pearson, reenactor of the infamous Wild Bill Hickok, finds himself ensnared in a historical riddle that blurs the lines between performance and reality, life and death. In the dim light of Saloon No. 10, amidst the applause for a well-recreated death, Travis feels a chilling resonance with his character that cannot be shaken. The echoes of the past, it seems, are not content to remain silent.

As unexplained deaths begin to shadow Deadwood once more, whispers of a resurgent curse sweep through the haunted streets. Travis, caught in the heart of the mystery, is forced to confront the possibility that he might be playing a role far beyond the saloon's stage. The pressure mounts when the discovery of an ancient diary links modern tragedies to historical vendettas, suggesting that the violence of the past is leeching into the present.

With each passing day, as the body count rises, Travis's dreams are invaded by the ghosts of Deadwood's storied inhabitants, blurring the lines between sleep and wakefulness, between history and horror. His friends, Ted and Charlie, stand by him, determined to help Travis unravel the mystery before the history he loves so dearly consumes him whole. But the closer they get to the truth, the more Travis begins to realize that the key to breaking the curse might require a sacrifice too personal to bear.

In a town where every shadow whispers of betrayal and every gust of wind carries the scent of long-buried secrets, Travis must navigate the treacherous waters of legacy and legend. Will he emerge into the light, or will he become another echo in the haunting of Saloon No. 10? Step into the shadows of Deadwood, where the past is alive, and history's dead refuse to rest.

The line between the past and present has never been so perilously thin. As Travis stands on the precipice of a discovery that could either liberate or destroy, Deadwood holds its breath, waiting to see whether salvation or damnation waits in the wings. Join Travis as he delves deep into the heart of a curse, where the stakes are life and death, and history itself hangs in the balance.

This book can be purchased on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and most book sites.

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From the Golden Age of Television

Season 1 Episode 2

Wild Bill Hickok - The Rock Springs Rustlers - Syndication - April 22, 1951

Western

Running Time: 30 minutes

Written by Melvin Levy

Produced by Leonard S. Picker

Directed by Thomas Carr

Stars:

Guy Madison as James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok

 Andy Devine as Jingles P. Jones

Robin Winans as Bobby Waltham

Sharyne Payne as Barbara

M'liss McClure as Alice Cameron

James Craven as Dave McAnles

Lane Bradford as Bob McAnles

Zon Murray as Joe Adams

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So I'm listening to the War Master- The Kicker, and the Master mentioned Wild Bill Hickok. I'd never heard of the guy, so I Googled him. And now apparently I'm very likely to be interested in these:

Sorry but AI is so not ready to take over the world yet 😂😂😂

Thanks for the laugh though 😆

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Wild West Wednesday - Wild Bill Hickok and Gambler Davis Tutt Engaged in First Recorded Gunfight in the Old West 

Image: Wild Bill Hickok threatens the friends of Davis Tutt after defeating Tutt in a duel. Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, February 1867. (Public Domain) On July 21, 1865, Wild Bill Hickok and gambler Davis Tutt engaged in a gunfight in the town square of Springfield, Missouri. It is the first time in the recorded history of the Old West that a one-on-one pistol quick-draw duel took place in…

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The Illustrated Life and Times of Wild Bill Hickok (Paperback) by Bob Boze Bell Chock full of the great art, rare photos, authoritative history, and that unique dose of Boze whimsy that we have come to expect. ON SALE NOW: https://amzn.to/3ir1IfE

The Illustrated Life and Times of Wild Bill Hickok (Paperback) by Bob Boze Bell

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Wild Bill Hickok Words of Wisdom #quote #history #Wild...

Wild Bill Hickok, whose real name was James Butler Hickok, was a legendary figure in the American Old West known for his skills as a gunfighter and lawman.

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Carradine's Wild Bill is one of those characters and performances that casts such a long shadow over things that you're all surprised revisiting it that he's only in the first four episodes of Deadwood.