It was the last town in which Wild Bill Hickok played cards
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Wild Bill Hickok - Law Enforcement, Folk Hero - Biography.com  Feb 8, 2016 ... Wild Bill Hickok was a sheriff and marshal in the American West who ... In July, 1865, in Springfield, Missouri's town square, Hickok killed ... On the afternoon of August 2, 1876, he was playing cards with his ... Last Updated.
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Wild Bill Hickok is murdered - Aug 02, 1876 - HISTORY.com  On this day in History, Wild Bill Hickok is murdered on Aug 02, 1876. ... In the spring of 1876, Hickok arrived in the Black Hills mining town of Deadwood, South Dakota. ... On this day in 1876, Hickok was playing cards with his back to the saloon door. ... The Shenandoah was the last major Confederate cruiser to set sail.
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Dead man's hand - Wikipedia  The card hand purportedly held by Wild Bill Hickok at the time of his death  black aces and eights. The makeup of poker's dead man's hand has varied through the years. Currently, the dead ... Historical displays in the town of Deadwood, including one in a .... This page was last modified on 13 September 2016, at 14:45.
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Deadwood - Where Wild Bill Hickok Was Shot, Deadwood, South ...  Deadwood has become fashionable again, but Wild Bill Hickok's Death Chair ... the HBO series (2004-06) that featured the 19th century Wild West town and its ... in Deadwood only a few weeks earlier, played a succession of card games, and...
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"Wild Bill" Hickok - Wikipedia  James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok, also "J.B. Hickok" for his signature name (May 27, 1837 ..... Mulvey angrily declared that he had come to town to kill Hickok. .... while firing my last shot, I will gently breathe the name of my wifeAgnesand with wishes even for ... "Wild Bill" Hickok was playing five-card draw when he was shot.
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Wild Bill Hickok History in Fairbury, Nebraska  Died: August 2, 1876 (aged 39) Deadwood, Dakota Territory, U.S. ... James Butler Hickok (May 27, 1837  August 2, 1876), better known as Wild Bill Hickok ... His skills as a gunfighter and scout, along with his reputation as a lawman, provided .... he was shot in the back of the head with a .45-caliber revolver by Jack McCall.
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Wild Bill Hickok - Law Enforcement, Folk Hero - Biography.com  Feb 8, 2016 ... Wild Bill Hickok was a sheriff and marshal in the American West who ... Law Enforcement, Folk Hero (18371876) ... Place of Death: Deadwood, South Dakota ... He is also remembered for the cards he was holding when he was shot dead ... and a pair of black eights -- since known as the dead man's hand.
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Top lawmen | The Wichita Eagle  Jun 19, 2011 ... Some Western historians say he earned his nickname by using a cane. ... in his journal that Bat's middle name was Bartholomew, shortened to "Bart" and then, "Bat." ... As a frontier lawman, James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok (1837-76) was ... When Mike Meagher became city marshal in 1871, one of his first...
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The Last Hurrah by Edwin O'Connor | Catholic Fiction  Nov 29, 2007 ... Little, Brown and Company, 1956. Frank Skeffington is running for mayor again, probably for the last time since he's even now 72. ... The last hurrah of the title is this election, and in fact O'Connor coined this common phrase that refers to one's last .... Come to #FestaItaliana tonight on the UST campus.
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"Wild Bill" Hickok - Wikipedia  James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok, also "J.B. Hickok" for his signature name (May 27, 1837 ... James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok, photograph date unknown ... In 1876, Hickok was shot from behind and killed while playing poker in a saloon in ... The hand of cards which he supposedly held at the time of his death (including the ace...
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Ask Me A Trivia Question -- 2 -- - Discussion on Topix  Feb 18, 2012 ... Wild Bill Hickok's TV horse, or the large pellets contained in the shell of a 12 gauge gun. Buckshot. Reply . Report Abuse Judge it! 3 Dog night.
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jeopardy/1380_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  Keith Carradine's role as Wild Bill Hickok on this series ended when Jack McCall killed ... This veteran Pulitzer-winning film critic trades reviews with Richard Roeper | (Roger) Ebert .... THE SOPRANOS | In the 1940s Rise Stevens owned the role of this Spanish Gypsy at the Met & sang it in the film "Going My Way" | Carmen.
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Bat Masterson - Loyalty in Lawlessness - Legends of America  Lawman, gunfighter, gambler and well-known Old West character, Bat ... lived during the lawless days of the Old West who wasn't there to make a name for himself or to ... William Barclay Masterson was born on November 26, 1853 in Iberville...
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The Outcasts of Poker Flat: Study Guide - Cummings Study Guides  John Oakhurst: Professional gambler who is forced out of the town of Poker ... Tom Simson: Young man who leaves town and joins Oakhurst and the other outcasts. ... After losing several thousand dollars, two horses, and a worthy citizen, the ... both prostitutes, and Uncle Billy," a drunk suspected of sluice robberyto the...
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Roger Angell in Cooperstown - The New Yorker  Aug 11, 2014 ... ... on Roger Angell, who travelled to the National Baseball Hall of Fame to ... taciturn Bob Gibsonthe St. Louis Cardinals samurai whom Angell artfully opened up for a 1980 Profile, on the cusp of Gibby's election to the Halland across the ... Thank you, he says, about to unspool a classic Angell lede.
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The Real Men of Deadwood | HistoryNet  Jul 25, 2006 ... He may have killed as many as 36 men, but more likely his total was less than 10. ... Wild Bill's name and his final poker hand (Dead Man's Hand, featuring aces ... In the summer of 1876, Bullock and his longtime friend Sol Star went .... Al Swearengen left Iowa around 1870 and settled in Deadwood with his...
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Throwback Thursday: The Last Home Game Played by the Brooklyn ...  Sep 24, 2015 ... September 24, 1957: A date that will forever live in baseball infamy. The Brooklyn Dodgers' last game at Ebbets Field. It was suspected  though not certain  that day, as the Dodgers beat the Pirates 2-0, that it was the end for the team ... that final Ebbets Field game, the Dodgers announced their intention...
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The Last Hurrah - Wikipedia  The Last Hurrah is a 1956 novel written by Edwin O'Connor. It is considered the most popular of O'Connor's works, partly because of a significant 1958 movie adaptation starring Spencer Tracy. The novel was immediately a bestseller in the United States for 20 weeks, and was also on lists for bestseller of that year. ... Frank Skeffington is the mayor of an unnamed city as well as that state's...
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True Story of Wild Bill - Nebraska State Historical Society  May 4, 2011 ... River; West Rock Creek Station; East Rock Creek Station; ... New York City, New York; Fairbury, Nebraska; Johnson County, Nebraska; ... Keywords: Wild Bill Hickok; Duck Bill Hickok; Dutch Bill Hickok; Oregon Trail; Pony Express; Overland Stage ..... Mr. Wellman, the Station Keeper 1d agent of the Com.
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What is the Dead Man's Hand? - DAVID MEYER  Jul 12, 2012 ... Did Wild Bill Hickok really die while holding the Dead Man's Hand of "aces and ... On August 2, 1876, Wild Bill Hickok was playing poker in Deadwood, South Dakota. ... held two black aces and two black eights at the time of his death. ... Daily Herald, not only disagrees with the Hand itself but also its origin.
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Abilene, Kansas - Queen of the Cowtowns - Page 2  Tom Smith's successor as a city marshal was the famous Wild Bill Hickok, who was ... and that the law would be enforced, he made little other attempts to "clean up the town. ... when shots were heard near the Alamo Saloon on October 5, 1871. ... through their town and two months later, dismissed Hickok as city marshal.