James Butler “Wild Bill” Hickok was shot and killed in the back of the head on August 2, 1876, while playing poker at Nuttal & Mann's Saloon in Deadwood. The saloon was later renamed Saloon #10, but the current building is not the original.
Wild Bill is set in the real-life town of Boston, Lincolnshire. It was filmed in the town and at other locations around the county. Studio scenes were filmed in London while some location filming was also outside of Lincolnshire.
McCall claimed he killed Wild Bill to avenge his brother's death. At the time of the killing, Deadwood had no law so a group of miners held a trial in the McDaniel's Theatre.
The definitive true story of Wild Bill, the first lawman of the Wild West, by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dodge City. In July 1865, "Wild Bill" Hickok shot and killed Davis Tutt in Springfield, MO—the first quick-draw duel on the frontier.
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"Wild Bill" is a soulful, heart-breaking and mending story with some solid performances, a nice soundtrack, and great ending.
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Captain 'Wild' Bill Wichrowski shared with fans the latest news following his prostate cancer diagnosis. In a recent Facebook update, Wichrowski said that he is receiving radioactive seeds and hormone treatments.
Wyatt Earp met Wild Bill Hickok in Kansas City in 1871.
Someone like Seth Bullock. This Canadian-born legend has been immortalized in television and film as the steely-eyed sheriff who brought Deadwood to its knees without killing a single person in an era of bloody frontier justice, but there is far more to Bullock than just his short career in Deadwood.
Wild Bill Hickman is one of the few characters based on a real-life historical figure in American Primeval. American Primeval is a new major Western streaming series that was released on Netflix on January 9, 2025.
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Bill reaffirms his commitment to his honest and law-abiding life, though his earlier fight obviously violates his conditions of parole. Knowing he will be sent back to prison, Dean, Roxy, Steph and Jimmy see him off; Dean promising that he is welcome back when he returns.
Warned against wearing the watch in public to humiliate Wild Bill, Tutt appeared on the square on July 21, prominently wearing the watch. The two men then unsuccessfully negotiated the debt and the watch's return.
Wild Bill is probably the most famous Deadwood resident, even though he was only in town a few short weeks. James Butler Hickok arrived in Deadwood, along with Colorado Charlie Utter and Calamity Jane, in July of 1876.
The Summer Bay skipper has opened up about his prostate cancer diagnosis, allowing the cameras to follow his treatment process on the upcoming 20th season of Deadliest Catch, which premieres tonight, Tuesday, June 11, on the Discovery Channel.
Drastically changing the status quo in Season 2 was an experimental move that didn't sit well with the preferred audience, even if the boys ended up growing on the viewers in the end. Prime Video didn't seem to want to take that chance again, and decided to call it quits before the show found its true calling.
Their lives did cross paths and intertwine many times and it appears “Wild Bill” was a mentor and role model for “Buffalo Bill”.
Eye trouble
From 1871 until his death in 1876, Hickok had vision problems. A former cavalryman, J.W. "Doc" Howard, who had known Hickok, stated that Hickok had left Buffalo Bill's Scouts of the Plains exhibition "because the lights affected his eyes, so he had to give it up".
The Return of Wild Bill. The Return of Wild Bill is a 1940 American Western film directed by Joseph H. Lewis and written by Robert Lee Johnson and Fred Myton.
Perhaps most famously, Harper's New Monthly Magazine printed an account of the story in 1867, claiming Hickok had killed 10 men. Overall, it was reported that Hickok had killed over 100 men during his lifetime.
So, there wasn't a real Shoshone person called Red Feather who correlates exactly to the character in American Primeval.