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Wild Bill Hickok and the Dead Man's Hand Legend
The article revisits Wild Bill Hickok's legend and life, citing Elmo Scott Watson and Kansas historian Connelley. It details Hickok's death on August 2, 1876 in Deadwood, his marriage to Agnes Thatcher Lake, and the myth busting work that reveals the true origins of the Dead Man's Hand and Hickok’s larger role in frontier history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wild Bill Hickok
Deadwood
S. D
Wild Bill
Plains
William Elsey Connelley
Kansas State Historical Society
Hickok
Edith Connelley Clift
James Butler Hickok
Press of the Pioneers
New York
Rufus Rockwell Wilson
Connelley
Fort Leavenworth
Sedalia
Independence
Kansas City
Wild Jim
Wild Bull
Kansas
Cheyenne
Wyo
Black Hills
South Dakota
Agnes Thatcher Lake
Abi- Jene
Kan
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Colorado
Charley” Utter
Deadwood Gulch
Utter
Break Neck Hill
Gulch
Tom
Museum of the United States Playing Card Company
Dead Wood
Dacota
Agnes
Emma
J. B. Hickok
Hays
Abilene
Tim Brady
Johnny Varnes
Jack” McCall
Charley Rich
Carl Mann
Captain Massey
McCall
Harry Young
Jane” Burke
Ellis A
Doc”) Pierce