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Wild Bill Hickok Marriage Evidence Found in Cincinnati Museum
A brittle love story unfolds in a Cincinnati museum case of Wild Bill Hickok and Agnes Lake Thatcher. A marriage certificate dated March 1876 and a surviving letter reveal Hickok’s courtship with Mrs. Lake, their Cheyenne wedding, and hints of a later Deadwood era life. The artifacts, including a hair lock, trace Hickok’s personal side beyond frontier legend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmo Scott Watson
Museum of the United States Playing Card Company
Cincinnat
Ohio
Carly
Bil Mtekok
James Butler Hickok
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Agnes L Thatcher
Cincinnati
Hickok
Wild Bill
Tle
Jane
Wild
Deadwood, & D
Readi
Wye
James William Snell
Buell
Wild Bis
Wiehlin
Hile
Lake
Hays City
Sirs
Cotpe
Bull
Bill Lake
Granby
Missouri
Jake Killian
Bill
Council of Four
Leake
Dull
Emma
Gill
Saide
California Joe
Wachitas
Jover
Mrs. Lake
Texas Jack Omohundre
Buffalo Bill Cady
Ned Lbuntline
Scouts of the Plains
Rochester
N.Y
Agai
Whitl
Wyv
Black Mills
Bhl
J B Alchak
Agnea Lake Thatcher
W. F. Warren
Wild Bui
Charlie” Otter
Jack Grantford
Virginia Ovening Chronicle
Will Bill
Jack NeGall
Deadwood
Agnes
Wild Will
Captain Jack
Jack Micah
BI Eickoh
Colorado
Charlie’ Otter
Jekulem
Jersey City
Imma
Gilbert Robinson
John Robinson
United States Phrying Cards Company