Wild Bill Hickok Farm Boy Turned Frontier Legend
James Butler Hickok born May 27 1837 on an Illinois farm grew into a notorious frontier figure. He served as Kansas constable and Santa Fe Trail driver, Civil War frontier deputy marshal, army guide during 1867 uprisings, sheriff of Hays and city marshal of Abilene amid a career marked by violent exploits and mixed heroic reputation.
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James Butler Hickok
Wild Bill Hickok
la Salle County
Illinois
Kansas
Missouri
Santa Fe
U. S
Kansas Pacific Railroad
The
Texas
Hays
Abilene
Wild Bill Hickok’s fame and romances across the frontier
The article recounts Wild Bill Hickok as feared and admired, famed for gun battles and a noted ladies man. It details affairs with Susanna Moore, a librarian of the Santa Fe Trail era, a county sheriff’s dates, Calamity Jane’s lurid involvement, and a fatal Deadwood poker game.
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Marshal
Abilene
Wild Bill
Overland
Rock Creek
Nebraska
Overland Stage Line
Susanna Moore
Susanna
Springfield
Missouri
Dave Tutt
Dave
Yellville
Arkansas
Independence
Hays
Red Light
Lake
Trailrail
Cheyenn
Wyoming
Deadwood
South Dakota
Jane
Wild Bill Hickok
Gene Autry to headlines Lubbock World Championship Rodeo
Gene Autry appears for four nights starting June 9 at Texas Tech Clifford and Audrey Jones Stadium in Lubbock as part of the World's Championship Rodeo. Proceeds support the Lubbock Boys' Club. opening parade will feature dignitaries including Price Daniel and Coke Stevenson.
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Lubbock
West Texans
Gene Autry
Autry
Clifford and
Audrey Jones
Texas Tech
American Business Club
Price Daniel
Texas
Coke Stevenson
Aumber
California
Everett Colborn
Lightening
Dublin
Fort Worth
Houston
Madsen Square Garden
Colburn
Dubin
Sele
Clifters
Tech
ABC Rodeo
Hilton Hotel
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Blanche Etter
Stonewall
Odessa
Mercury
Ford
DeSoto
Lincoln
N. Grant Odessa
Madison Square Garden Rodeo
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NEW Tech Stadium
Lubbock, Texas
Electric Service Supply Co
N. Grant
Odessa, Texas
Autry Stars
Loma Smith
Siloam Springs
Ark
J. P. Jones
Don Pal
Buckeye
New Mexico
George Davis
Hayward, California
Chester Etter
J. W. Moxley
Sweetwater
Andrews, Texas
Lyndon Johnson
U.S
O.N. Justice Quality Watch Repairing
Farmer’s Grocery
Carlos Alexander
Gaines County General Hospital
Seminole
Singleton’s Funeral Home
Krueger
Hutchinson and Overton Clinic
J. T. Krueger
M.D
F.A.S.C
J. H. Stiles
M. D
H. E. Mast
Throat J. T. Hutchinson
Ben 8
Hutchinson, M. D
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O. R Hand
Frank W. Hudgins
Ren M. C. Overton
Arthur Jenkins
J. B. Rountree, Jr
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R. H. McCarty
G. S. Smith
R. K. O’loughlin
J. H. Felton
Mgr
Lyric Theater
Dial
Fred Allen
NBC Network
Young-Smith Motor Co
Ford Desler
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