2.3 1871 encounters with John Wesley Hardin.2 Lawman, soldier, and gunfighter notoriety.1.2 Nicknames, aliases and noms de guerre.The card hand which he held at the time of his death (aces and eights) has come to be known as the " Dead Man's Hand". He was shot from behind and killed while playing poker in a saloon in Deadwood, Dakota Territory (now South Dakota) by an unsuccessful gambler, Jack McCall. Hickok was involved in several notable shootouts.
WILD BILL HICKOK PROFESSIONAL
He fought (and spied) for the Union Army during the American Civil War and gained publicity after the war as a scout, marksman, actor and professional gambler. He went west at age 18 as a fugitive from justice, first working as a stagecoach driver, then as a lawman in the frontier territories of Kansas and Nebraska. Hickok was born and raised on a farm in rural Illinois.
Some of his exploits as reported at the time were fiction but his skill as a gunfighter and gambler provided the basis for his fame, along with his reputation as a lawman. James Butler Hickok (– August 2, 1876)-known as "Wild Bill" Hickok-was a folk character of the American Old West. For other uses of "Wild Bill", see Wild Bill (disambiguation). For the American football player and industrialist, see Bill Hickok (American football).
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