He was one of the best gunslingers in the Wild West who became famous after an article in Harper’s New Monthly Magazine described how he shot and killed three men who tried to kill him.  And way too often he got tested by other men who wanted to see just how good he was.  Time and again Wild Bill Hickok came out on top.

He was so good with a gun he was offered and accepted the position of sheriff of Abilene,  Texas.  but after accidentally killing a deputy, Hickok never fought another gun battle. He joined Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West show demonstrating his shooting skills and worked as a hunting guide.

But it was on this day in 1876, with his back to the door, Wild Bill Hickok was shot and killed by a man who approached from behind while playing poker in a saloon in Deadwood, South Dakota.  The gunman tried to shoot others at the table, but all of the other bullets in his gun were duds.  The man was later hanged.

When he was shot, Hickok was holding a pair of black aces and a pair of black eights.  If you ever get that combination in a poker hand – it’s known as the Dead Man’s Hand.

A scene from the HBO Series “Deadwood” depicts the killing of Hickok with a slightly different interpretation of history.  Beware of some colorful language.

SOURCE: History Channel

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i'm going to the library today and i LOVEEEEEEE historical fiction.
my favorite topics are:
the oregon trail / the wild west
the renaissance / medieval times
the holocaust
marie antoinette
and the 40's.

i really like love stories also, but i like adventurous things too.
and anything in between.

i've read most holocaust books.. so those may be hard to reccomend lol.
any help would be so appreciated! thank you!

Flygirl by Sherri Smith is set in WWII. It's about an African American woman risks everything – including denying her racial heritage – to join the Women Airforce Service Pilots.

I don't know your age. There's no intention of insulting you with this suggestion:

The falconer's knot – Mary Hoffman

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If there is one positive to rap music that even its detractors must concede is that it, at this point, the genre has helped thousands of young men and women reach opportunities that they otherwise wouldn’t have. Counting the artist who are at least able to make a comfortable living, whether they make the Forbes list of Hip-Hop Cash Kings or not and the thousands of jobs that revolve around them it has put billions into the hands of folk who otherwise might have found a worse way to get over.

Without a student loan or an interview, anyone who wants to add their voice to the culture can do just that if they are persistent and good enough. The majority of hip hop’s chattering class lament this fact often, but I suspect that the fact that hip-hop resembles the Wild West is part of the appeal that drew them to the culture and keeps them interested. with that in mind, I would like to extend my hand to any and every person out there trying to come up while adding to the culture. if you send it to me, I’ll listen to it and to the best of my ability offer feedback and if I don’t write about it here, if you write it I’ll read it and do the same. I won’t steal from you and I won’t big time you. I enjoy the chaos of mass creativity that constitutes hip hop, let’s add to it.

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I really need to find info on the wild west for my American history class but i cant seem to find anything on the internet which i find really weird. could any give me some info on the frontier towns they had back then and how life was living there? also info on things like saloons and schools/education? thanks a bunch

INFO on the WILD WEST!?

I am really curious if the wild west was just in the west in US or was that spread/been culture in the whole world? And what kind of government they had? were they dressed the same but just in different city or…? were Cowboys shooting, been outlaws, hunted, killed, riding horses etc. just in wild west or in the whole world?

Anywhere there were large herds of cow there have been "cowboys". in addition to the original Mexican vaquero, the Mexican charro, the cowboy, and the Hawaiian paniolo, the Spanish also exported their horsemanship and knowledge of cattle ranching to the gaucho of Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and (with the spelling gaúcho) southern Brazil,the chalan in Peru, the llanero of Venezuela, and the huaso of Chile. in Australia, cowboys are known as stockmen and ringers.
They all tended to dress similarly, chaps, broad brim hats etc.
The shooting of outlaws etc is mostly a fantasy of Hollywood.

I suspect mostly in the imagination of Hollywood script writers. But yes wherever you had large herd of cattle you had people who herded them. And these would often be hired hands living an unconventional lifestyle. 19th century cowboys wore 19th century dress even mostly in 20th century films; their dress isn't unusual. I just wish there could be some films about the real history of North America — other than 'Drums along the Mohawk'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboy

The movies are mostly fiction.

Actually the wild. wild west…was not that much of a shoot em up as you think I watched on the history channel there was only three shootings in one year at Dodge city and I think the population was 50,000 at the time. think about it this way a gun shot wound of the time was messy. Gun lube, unspent powder and wadding would be on the bullet. so getting hit and getting a dirty wound was a strong possibility. so if you do not die from blood poisoning…….out right, then amputation of a limb was the next possibility. You have to remember there was no miro vascular surgery, no antibiotics so if one got a dirty wound, and it was in the limbs…amputation was the norm. also, the real weapon that opened the west was not the colt revolver, but the shot gun. think about this, there were more shotguns than revolvers. A shot gun was a easy firearm to operate, point and shot. It could at close range take out anything. A pistol on the other hand, you had to take out the target accurately or your shot would be wasted. A shot gun with buck shot would just blow a hole the size of a fist at close range. so realistically are you going to pick fights with someone with a shot gun. Remember this all pioneers had this weapon. There is another thing to think about, towns weather founded on cattle, lumber, wheat or even gold….had merchants…and when the merchants were losing money to theft….they would hire a gunfighter to act as a deterrent, and to keep the gunfighter under control he was regulated with laws from a civil judge (and this man would be paid by the towns or city's chamber of commerce……see were I am running with this. The formation of the sheriffs office or Marshall's office was formed for that town. so when things were getting disorderly the formation of setting up law men was there. Going back to the revolver, it was the choice of weapon for a law man, it could be holstered and warn at all times so it was close at hand, it allowed for the law mans hands to be free if shackles had to be applied.
Do not get me wrong, there was crime in the western frontier, but….not to the extent that Hollywood portrays it. Because, if you entered a gun fight, being killed was the reality, so people would think twice before getting into a gun fight. also, everyone was packing a gun.You also have to remember, your neighbour was your social support system if your family was not around. so, being civil and polite was a better option if you need help in the future to ensure survival, then "slapping leather over a dispute". Working to mutual benefit was better than brute force. oh…by the way Dodge City was the first city in the U.S. to pass a ordinance prohibiting the discharge of firearms in the city limits, assuming you did not kill any one heavy fines, or three weeks in lock up for disturbing the public peace. in canada we had the RCMP move out with the settlers. also we had restrictions on hand guns because they were concealable.

Were Wild West Cowboys just in USA or the rest of the planet as well?

We all know America is famous due to its history coming from the good old Wild West gun tooting cowboys!  tales are plentiful surrounding such American gun characters like the famous Buffalo bill, Jesse James, Wild bill Hickock and Wyatt Earp. Plenty of movies also surround these cowboys!

If you and your family like the stories or movies that evolve around the Wild West days of America then you will surely be wanting to buy Wild West family Halloween costumes.  Wild West costumes are great for any theme party but the biggest party of the year is Halloween!

Family Halloween costumes have discovered the latest wild west Halloween costumes for mom, dad and the kids. while we have our top pics you can also click on any of the info buttons to be taken over to our favorite Halloween online store to find many more Wild West family Halloween costumes.

Some of our top pics this year are cute pink and white cowgirl costume for girls. Boys will always want to dress up as a cowboy! You can just see your son running around Halloween with his cap gun going off! Gee even we had cap guns as kids, I mean what child didn’t!

Mom we have a hot sexy number for you this year. Grab your hubby and hit the dance floor of the salon (or the bar top!) wearing your can Can or saloon Halloween costume!

Dad can match you perfectly. especially if he doesn’t want to wear the classic cowboy Halloween costume, check out the old style bartender costume we found! Slick the hair back guys and pour the beer!

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Okay, I’m kind of a fan of the old World of Darkness games. The other day I found a copy of Werewolf: The Wild West at half Price Bookstore. There’s a hole that runs from cover to cover and through the pages. at first I thought some bubble-head just drilled a hole in the book, but the hole’s too clean and the words in the pages wrap around the hole; it was clearly put there by the publishers. The book itself doesn’t seem to make any reference to it. Dose anyone know why the hole is there? is it decorative; is it supposed to look like a bullet hole or something? was there something strung through it originally?

Why is there a hole in the Werewolf: The Wild West book?

Aliens in America’s old West? In Aurora, Texas, the local cemetery claims to hold the body of an alien whose ship crashed there in 1897. In Utah, petroglyphs depict strange beings wearing what look like space suits. In southern California, 19th century ranchers reported seeing an otherworldly creature emerge from Elizabeth Lake. and even in Tombstone, Arizona, the home of Wyatt Earp and the site of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral, cowboys claimed to have shot at a giant, metallic bird are these simply campfire tales, or did the cowboys and native people of America’s Wild West actually come in contact with alien beings from another–much more distant–frontier?

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Back in the days of the wild west, a cowboy is riding across the country. He stops for an evening at a farm, as the farmer is gracious enough to offer him a room for the night. Unbeknownst to the farmer, the cowboy is a gifted ventriloquist. the cowboy/ventriloquist decides to have a little fun with the farmer.

“Hey” he asks the farmer, “do you mind if I have a chat with your dog?”

“Well be my guest” the farmer smirks. “but dogs can’t talk, ya know…”

“Hey dawg, what do you think of mr Brown here?” the cowboy asks.

“Aww… I can’t complain. He is super nice. I get lots to eat, get to sleep indoors… Mr Brown is a great guy!”

The farmer looks in amazement. “I aint never heard him talk before!”

A littel while later, the cowboy says “so, do you mind if I talk to your horse?”

“Ummm….” the farmer replies. “Sure, but… uh… horses can’t talk. right?”

The cowboy interrogates the horse.

“Oh, Mr Brown?” the horse replies. “He is a fair man. He doesn’t work me too hard. He mucks out my stall all the time, brushes me down. He’s a good man.”

The farmer is amazed and shocked.

A little while later, the cowboy asks “Hey Mr Brown, is it ok with you if I talk to your sheep?”

The farmer replies quickly “NO! them sheep are nothin but liars!!!”

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