Jack McCall
The victim
James Butler Hickok had not yet
earned the nickname of "Wild Bill" when this photo
was taken in 1858. He was just 21 years old.
Bill Hickok in 1859.
Bill Hickok holding a cigar and a
bag of tobacco in 1863.
Bill Hickok in 1867.
Another Hickok pose in 1867.
Bill Hickok
Bill Hickok in
1867.
James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok in
buckskins in 1869.
Bill Hickok with "Texas Jack"
Opmohundro and Buffallo Bill Cody.
Bill Hickok
Bill Hickok
Bill Hickok
Wild Bill Hickok's
alleged death chair in the Number 10
Saloon, July, 2006, Kathy Weiser.
Wild Bill Hickok's
grave today in
Deadwood,
South
Dakota,
July, 2006, Kathy Weiser.
Martha Jane "Calamity Jane" Cannary
(1852-1903)
Calamity Jane
was renowned for her excellent marksmanship, preference for men's
clothing, and bawdy behavior.
Jane
was said to have been an Army scout, a bullwhacker, a nurse, a cook,
a prostitute, a prospector, a gambler, a heavy drinker and one of
the most foul-mouthed people in the West. In June of 1876, she
partnered with Wild Bill Hickok
as an outrider for Colorado
Charlie Utter's
wagon train, galloping into Deadwood
with a shipment of prostitutes, fresh
from Cheyenne. For the remainder of her days,
Calamity Jane
claimed to have been Hickok’s
lover. But the record shows that
Wild Bill
had just recently married and his letters home from
Deadwood
indicate that he was happily wedded.
Calamity Jane
requested to be buried next to
Wild Bill Hickok
when she died, and there she rests.
Calamity Jane
at Wild Bill's grave, July 1903, photo courtesy
Adams Museum.
Deadwood, South Dakota in 1876. (Photo courtesy Library of Congress.)
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