As a boy in rural Illinois, James became recognized as an outstanding marksman with the pistol. His parents, Abner and Eunice Hickok, were very religious people. They would make James wear a stiff, uncomfortable suit to church on Sundays. This caused a huge fight every week at the Hickok home. James was not close with his parents. His father believed him to be a dreamer with unreachable dreams. Nevertheless, James did his choirs so to keep the family happy.

For many years Alonzo operated a station on the Underground Railroad. James and his two brothers and two sisters would often help with the work. It was during this time that James began to develop his courage that would be seen in his later years.

Upon James eighteenth birthday he decided to migrate to Monticello, Kansas. Here he took a job driving a stagecoach on the Santa Fe and Oregon trails. During this time James got to use his marksmanship often. He became well known for his

While Pete was off telling the gang of their surprise, Wild Bill was getting set up. He went and bought all of the .45 caliber cartridges the general store had. He even bought some fancy oil to make sure his Colts were going to fire correctly.

Shortly after his election he shot a hellraiser from St. Joseph, MO named Bill Mulvey. Mulvey had been hitting the town all day and was pretty drunk. He began shooting out lights and windows when Wild Bill came across him. Mulvey holstered his guns and then tried to draw them again. He never got them out and Wild Bill put two bullets into his chest. Wild Bill had really cleaned up the town, but the people of the county did not like the style and he lost the election to his deputy the next November.

Wild Bill helped guide General William T. Sherman during the general's tour of the West. And during 1867-68, Bill scouted for both General Winfield Scott Hancock and Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer.

If such should be we never meet again, while firing my last shot, I will gently breathe the name of my wife-Agnes-and with wishes even for my enemies I will make the plunge and try to swim to the other shore.

The men were heading to the Alamo Saloon were Coe shoot off a couple of rounds. Wild Bill and his friend, and fellow lawman, Mike Williams were down the street in another saloon. They both heard the shoots and headed that way. Wild Bill went in through the back door while Williams went to the front. Wild Bill went into the bar and asked who shot the weapon. Coe answered that he was shooting at a stray dog. Wild Bill had his gun drawn on coe and asked him to put his weapon down, but instead Coe pointed his weapon at Wild Bill. They are not sure who pulled the trigger first, but Coe went down and Wild Bill was still standing. As that happened Williams was running up from behind the Texans with his pistols out. Wild Bill thought that it was another one of Coe's friends and Bill shot him to his death.

McCall believed that Wild Bill had killed his brother back in Kansas. This was probably correct considering Lew McCall was a thief and a loudmouth. Remaining quiet McCall slowly walked around to the corner of the saloon where Wild Bill was seated. Under his coat, McCall's hand was on his pistol that ironically was a colt 45. He came up slowly behind Wild Bill, trying to make it look like he was observing the game. As everyone's attention was focused on the player opposite of Wild Bill, McCall withdrew his revolver and shot Wild Bill in the back of the head, killing hi instantly.

It is thought to be that this was the last man Wild Bill ever shot. The town decided that after all of this that it was time to clean the town up. They banished all of the gambling bars, which took care of most of the problem people. And because of the banning of the bars, Wild Bill was no longer needed. So once again Bill was unemployed.

Wild Bill was holding a pair of eight's and a pair of aces. This is now known as the "dead man's hand."

One night Hardin took a room at the American House Hotel in town. At about one o'clock in the morning, snoring in the room next door awakened Hardin. After awhile he was so irritated that he picked up his pistol and shoot twice through he wall. It was now dead silent and Hardin knew that he was going to have trouble with Bill.

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