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James Butler Hickock
b.27 May 1837 Homer (now Troy Grove), La Salle, Illinois, United States
d.2 Aug 1876 Deadwood, Dakota Territory, United States
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Name James Butler Hickock
Alt Name Wild Bill Hickock
Gender Male
Birth[1] 27 May 1837 Homer (now Troy Grove), La Salle, Illinois, United States
Death[1] 2 Aug 1876 Deadwood, Dakota Territory, United States


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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. His skills as a gunfighter and scout, along with his reputation as a lawman, provided the basis for his fame, although some of his reported exploits are fictionalized.

Hickok came to the West as a fugitive from justice, first working as a stagecoach driver, before he became a lawman in the frontier territories of Kansas and Nebraska. He fought for the Union Army during the American Civil War, and gained publicity after the war as a scout, marksman, actor, and professional gambler. Between his law-enforcement duties and gambling, which easily overlapped, Hickok was involved in several notable shootouts. He was shot and killed while playing poker in the Nuttal & Mann's Saloon in Deadwood, Dakota Territory (now South Dakota).

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wild Bill Hickok, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. (Online: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.).
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