James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok
Emma Lake, above in 1889 was a stepdaughter of James Butler Hickok, better known as Wild Bill Hickok and his wife Agnes Lake . Wild Bill was assassinated on August 2, 1876 at 1:00AM in Deadwood, South Dakota while playing poker, by the cowardly, yellow dog and no account horse thief Jack McCall. He was holding a pair of black ace's and a pair of eight's. If you ever draw that hand in a poker game, it is called "A Dead Mans Hand."
Above is a lock of Wild Bill's hair, as well as a lock of Buffalo Bill's hair. Hickok toured with the Buffalo Bill Wild West show in 1872-73. He later teamed up with Calamity Jane at Deadwood on some business deal's. Folks say they were just friends, but I think Wild Bill was tapping Calamity.
Landmark Books were a series of history books published in the 1950's for children(that was me.)
Wild Bill Hickok's grave in Deadwood, South Dakota. It's a shame we celebrate President's Day and Martin Luther King Day but Congress hasn't given us a J. B. Hickok day. What's up with that?
Friday, March 11, 2011
Wild Bill Hickok
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Wade G. Burck
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The Lake family were very important circus people from the wagon show days [Mollie Bailey, and Rose Kilean shows] up to our day. Georgie Lake did an aerial drag on alot of small shows and we find the Lake family in various small shows over the years. Just like the [Jelly] Ralph Duke family and the Loder family, among others.
Buffalo Bill's Wild West wasn't formed until 1884. The year before, 1883, Cody was in partnership with Carver. Hickock would have been part of Cody's theatrical troupe in the 1870s.
There's a book in print about Agnes Lake Hickock, started by Linda Fisher and finished after her untimely passing by an associate.
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