1876: James Butler, or
Wild Bill Hickok, Marshal of the West, was shot dead by Jack McCall while playing poker in a saloon in Deadwood, South Dakota.
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WILD Bill Hickok was playing poker this afternoon in 1876 at the Number Ten saloon in South Dakota when he was shot in the back and killed.
One famous figure who came to Deadwood early was
Wild Bill Hickok, played by Keith Carradine, but Wild Bill didn't last long a one of the first reminders that, in this town and in this TV series, danger and death threatened every single character, no matter how prominent.
But then, gosh a'mighty,
Wild Bill Hickok went and stole her heart with a surprise kiss.
"I was so excited when the rights became available, and even more delighted that our cast of young actors have taken to this classic and grown to love it as much as I do!" This thigh slapping, feel-good musical features Calamity Jane, who can out run and out shoot any man in Deadwood, and her sidekick
Wild Bill Hickok. Hard, boastful, and desperate to impress, Calamity travels to Chicago to recruit a star - Adelaide Adams.
In fact, it was with
Wild Bill Hickok, who was played by Howard Keel.
Playing Calamity's friendly enemy,
Wild Bill Hickok, is Perthbased orthopaedic surgeon Simon Thomas.
A huge part of the Hardin legend comes from his supposed showdown with
Wild Bill Hickok in Abilene, Kansas, in June of 1871.
The Revenger: The Life and Times of
Wild Bill Hickok considers Wild Bill's life, but does so in such a manner that 19th century American history and culture come to life.
Interestingly, according to historians,
Wild Bill Hickok was carrying a Smith & Wesson Model No.
2 CALAMITY JANE (1953) DORIS Day got to fire the bullets in this Wild West musical romance with Howard Keel as
Wild Bill Hickok. The movie's song Secret Love topped the music charts.