Hardin left Kansas before Hickok could arrest him. Hardin was in town under his assumed name Wesley Clemmons, but was better known to the townspeople by the alias "Little Arkansas". McCanles may have been the first man Hickok killed. James Butler Hickok (May 27, 1837 - August 2, 1876), also known as "Wild Bill" Hickok was a legendary figure in the old west. [64], Hickok was playing five-card stud or five-card draw when he was shot. He was the fourth son of William Alonzo and Polly Butler Hickok. Hickok's brother, Lorenzo Butler, traveled from Illinois to attend the retrial. [50] The two entrepreneurs had painted a picture of a bull with a large erect penis on the side of their establishment as an advertisement. Wild Bill Hickok's proficiency with a pistol is well known, but there remains some confusion concerning how he used his weapons and which ones he actually used. It was here that he supposedly became romantically linked to Martha Jane Canary, also known as "Calamity Jane," but most historians discount any such amorous relationship between the two. B. Hickock [sic] killed by the assassin Jack McCall in Deadwood, Black Hills, August 2, 1876. [6][35] Witnesses confirm that while working as a scout at Fort Harker, Kansas, on May 11, 1867, Hickok was attacked by a large group of Indians, who fled after he shot and killed two. Macintosh of irregularities and misconduct during the election. Following his Civil War service, Wild Bill Hickok moved to Kansas where he was appointed sheriff in Hays City and marshal of Abilene. James Butler Hickok was born in Troy Grove, Illinois, on May 27, 1837, to William Alonzo Hickok and Polly Butler Hickok. When they returned from overseas, Agnes and Bill Lake decided to start their own circus. Jessie and Jane were back together when they arrived in Billings, Montana in 1898. After the fact, there was much speculation as to whether romantic rivalry had had a role in the incident: Hickok was apparently involved with a woman who had also been involved with the married McCanles. [citation needed], On August 1, 1876, Hickok was playing poker at Nuttal & Mann's Saloon No. This was during the Indian Wars, in which Hickok sometimes served as a scout for General George A. Custer's 7th Cavalry. Wild Bill Hickok, byname of James Butler Hickok, (born May 27, 1837, Homer [now Troy Grove], Illinois, U.S.died August 2, 1876, Deadwood, Dakota Territory [now in South Dakota, U.S.]), American frontiersman, army scout, and lawman who helped bring order to the frontier West. [29][30], Two days later, Hickok was arrested for murder. The way Wild Bill conducted himself in his later years was a direct correlation for what he did when he was a young boy. Within a month of the birth, newspapers tracked her to a hurdy-gurdy house in Livingston. Hickok never fought in another gun battle. Personal account of the foreman of the Overland Stage Company stations, as given to, Judge Boyd told the jury, "The defendant cannot set up justification that he acted in self-defense if he was willing to engage in a fight with the deceased. James Butler Hickok arrived in Springfield, Missouri . Perhaps most famously, Harper's New Monthly Magazine printed an account of the story in 1867, claiming Hickok had killed 10 men. [28] Tutt's shot missed, but Hickok's struck Tutt through the heart from about 75 yards (69m) away. In the film version, Howard Keel co-stars as Hickok to Doris Day's Calamity Jane. Lonergan pinned Hickok to the ground, and Kyle put his gun to Hickok's ear. That belief came from the fertile imaginations of othersespecially Jean McCormick, who claimed to be the daughter of the legendary pair. Was he shooting back? Hickok's retort is one of the West's most famous sayings (though possibly apocryphal): "Did the crow have a pistol? ), 18721886. . [69] In 1979, Hickok was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame. He noted that the sound was similar to tapping a brick wall and believed the remains weighed more than 400lb (180kg). ", Rosa, Joseph G. (1982). After in inquest where other incidents of Hickoks brand of frontier justice was revealed, he was relieved of his duties. 10 in Deadwood, Dakota Territory. In 1860, Hickok was badly injured by a bear, while driving a freight team from Independence, Missouri, to Santa Fe, New Mexico. In 1899, Dorsett took Jessie to live with his mother in Lewiston. "Wild Bill. Although McCall accepted the money, he was apparently insulted. Best Known For: Wild Bill Hickok was an American frontiersman, army scout and lawman who helped bring order to the frontier West. During the next several years he appeared in Buffalo Bill Codys Wild West Show, living off his fame as the consummate gunfighter. She appears to have finally learned the truth by the time she died in 1980, for her death certificate correctly lists her mothers maiden name as Canary. Did such wagons actually exist? [51], Hickok was relieved of his duties as marshal less than two months after the accidental shooting, this incident being only one of a series of questionable shootings and claims of misconduct during his career. In her book Calamity Janes Daughter: The Story of Maude Weir, Weirs own daughter, Ruth Shadley, said her family secretly knew that Maudes real mother was Calamity Jane. Brink, were tried for killing McCanles, but were found to have acted in self-defense. McCall alleged that John Varnes, a Deadwood gambler, had paid him to murder Wild Bill. ", "James Butler Hickok May 27 1837 - August 2 1876 Better known as "Wild Bill" Hickok", "James Butler 'Wild Bill' Hickok, Early Deadwood", "Nebraska Legends: Rock Creek Station and the McCanles Massacre", "Chronology on Life of James Butler HICKOK, Wild Bill Hickok, Old West Kansas", "Rock Creek Station State Historical Park", "Legal Culture, Wild Bill Hickok and the Gunslinger Myth", "Myths and Realities of Frontier Violence: A Look at the Gunfighter Saga", "Frontier Hero - Reminiscences of Wild Bill Hickok by his old Friend Buffalo Bill", "The State Journal (Jefferson City, Mo. He was released from the group after a few months. He traveled west to Deadwood, South Dakota, in a wagon train that included Martha Jane Cannary (Calamity Jane), who later claimed she had secretly married him. At the time, shooting stray dogs within city limits was legal, and a 50-cent bounty was paid by the city for each one shot. Wild Bill Hickok, byname of James Butler Hickok, (born May 27, 1837, Homer [now Troy Grove], Illinois, U.S.died August 2, 1876, Deadwood, Dakota Territory [now in South Dakota, U.S.]), American frontiersman, army scout, and lawman who helped bring order to the frontier West. Coe claimed that he was shooting at a stray dog,[g] and then suddenly turned his gun on Hickok, who fired first and killed Coe. She said she was the daughter of Jane and Wild Bill Hickok, and was born in a cabin near Livingston, Montana in 1873. [23][b], After the Civil War broke out in April 1861, Hickok became a teamster for the Union Army in Sedalia, Missouri. McLintock used a cane to tap the body, face, and head, finding no soft tissue anywhere. [19] According to Hickok's account, he found the road blocked by a cinnamon bear and its two cubs. A former cavalryman, J.W. He was bedridden for four months before being sent to Rock Creek Station in the Nebraska Territory to work as a stable hand while he recovered. The Bull's Head Saloon in Abilene had been established by gambler Ben Thompson and Coe, his partner, businessman, and fellow gambler. The first major description of the incident appeared in Harpers New Monthly Magazine in February 1867, six years after the fact, written by Col. George Ward Nichols, who claimed to have been told the story by Hickok in 1865. His parents were William Alonzo Hickok and Polly Butler. He was the son of William Alonzo and Polly Butler Hickok (Fishwick). [61], Hickok died instantly. Hickok lost his re-election bid to his deputy. The couple had a daughter, who also became an accomplished performer and horseback rider. The trial began on December 4 and it only took two days for the jury to find McCall guilty. Brady, like Varnes, had disappeared from Deadwood and could not be found. Upon being sprung, Jane whisked into Castle City, picked up the girl, and went on her way. Charlie Utter, Hickok's friend and companion, claimed Hickok's body and placed a notice in the local newspaper, the Black Hills Pioneer, which read: Died in Deadwood, Black Hills, August 2, 1876, from the effects of a pistol shot, J. Four of the men on the self-appointed committee who planned Calamity's funeral (Albert Malter, Frank Ankeney, Jim Carson, and Anson Higby) later stated that, since Hickok had "absolutely no use" for Jane in this life, they decided to play a posthumous joke on him by laying her to rest by his side. Hickok was sent from Abilene to arrest Matt Dillon (William Conrad) for the murder of a man he had thrown out of Dodge earlier that month. While a Jayhawker, he met 12-year-old William Cody (later known as "Buffalo Bill"), who, despite his youth, served as a scout just two years later for the U.S. Army during the Utah War. After his August 1876 murder, she further claimed that they had been married and that he was the father of her child. He was born James Butler Hickok on 27 May 1837 in Troy Grove, Illinois. Jane had been hired to travel with Kohl & Middleton Dime Museums; as she purchased her ticket out of town she told railroad agent A.O. Doc Holliday did have a bad cough, as suggested in this episode, from his tuberculosis. The town of Deadwood, South Dakota, re-enacts Hickok's murder and McCall's capture every summer evening. The bear attacked, crushing Hickok with its body. Most modern retailers of Old West period clothing seem to sell only banded collared shirts, yet old photographs show cowboys did wear shirts with collars. This was claimed after he was killed during a poker game on Aug. 2, 1876. [9], Shortly before his death, Hickock wrote a letter to his new wife, which read in part, "Agnes Darling, if such should be we never meet again, while firing my last shot, I will gently breathe the name of my wifeAgnesand with wishes even for my enemies I will make the plunge and try to swim to the other shore. Were Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane married, and did they have a daughter? Nicholss version of the shootout in Harpers grabbed the publics attention, making Hickok an instant legend whose gunfighting prowess became fodder for dime novels. 22nd August 2017 Wikimedia Commons Advertisement 11. Hickoks growing reputation for fairness and courage earned him, in 1858, a position as a constable in Monticello, Kansas. Hickok had a large impact on American history because of his life and death. They had ivory grips and nickel plating, and were ornately engraved with "J.B. Hickok1869" on the backstrap. Martha Jane Cannary (May 1, 1852 - August 1, 1903), better known as Calamity Jane, was an American frontierswoman, sharpshooter, and storyteller. Hickok joined the antislavery Free State Army of Jayhawkers and, having already become skilled with a gun as a youth, served as a bodyguard for Gen. James H. Lanes. I would have rather been somewhere else, but Bill stopped. William Austin, the cemetery caretaker, estimated 500lb (230kg). Our editors will review what youve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. [citation needed], Buffalo Bill claimed that he encountered Hickok disguised as a Confederate officer in Missouri in 1864. All Rights Reserved. Nick McGlashan had two children, Lennyn Annette Richardson of Unalaska (7) and Kane Wilder Hammond of Port Townsend, WA (1). Now, she said, both Calamity Jane and another famed woman of the west, Belle Starr, were her aunts. Before being called Wild Bill Hickok, his original name was James Butler Hickok. There the familys small farm served as a stop on the Underground Railroad. He was arrested while using the name Haycock in 1865. Wild Bill Hickoks legend only grew further when other stories about his fighting prowess surfaced. [a][8], In 1855, at age 18, James Hickok fled Illinois following a fight with Charles Hudson, during which both fell into a canal; each thought, mistakenly, that he had killed the other. After a brief visit from Hickok, who then rode off into the sunset, a sea captain named James ONeil happened to find her. Fox met Jessie when she interviewed Jane for an article in Illustrated American magazine. ", Judge Boyd said, "That when danger is threatened and impending a man is not compelled to stand with his arms folded until it is too late to offer successful resistance, and if the jury believe from the evidence that Tutt was a fighting character and a dangerous man and that [Defendant] was aware such was his character and that Tutt at the time he was shot by the Deft. "J.B. Hickok, Deputy U.S. McCall was found guilty and sentenced to death. But thirty years had passed when she began making inquiries about Jane, whom she thought was her grandmother. Prairie Schooners is a 1940 American Western film directed by Sam Nelson, which stars Wild Bill Elliott as Hickok. He is said to have wrestled a bear by Marshall Trimble | Nov 1, 2007 | Inside History. McCall tried to . Against the bloody backdrop of the uniquely volatile point in history, both killers earned a reputation for viciousness. There are many versions of the shootout that occurred at Rock Creek on July 12, 1861, shortly after the start of the Civil War, and all, in one way or another, contributed to Hickoks legend. While at Castle City Jane went to Gilt Edge, some two hundred miles away, where she was jailed for being drunk. Hickok left home at age 17 and worked as a canal boat pilot in Utica, Illinois, before heading west in 1856 to Bleeding Kansas, which was embroiled in a violent conflict over whether slavery should be permitted there. Wild Bill Hickok begins to establish his reputation as a gunfighter after he shoots three men during a shootout in Nebraska. By the age of 17, he was an excellent marksman. He afterward resumed using his given name, James Hickok. The watch had great sentimental value to Hickok, so he asked Tutt not to wear it in public. Citizens warned Mulvey to behave, because Hickok was sheriff. In addition to many exploits she was known for being an acquaintance of Wild Bill Hickok.Late in her life, she appeared in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show and at the 1901 Pan-American Exposition.She is said to have exhibited compassion to others . While in Deadwood, South Dakota, Wild Bill Hickok became a regular poker player at Nuttal & Mann's Saloon. shot Tutt to prevent the threatened impending injury [then] the jury will acquit.". Standing some 50 yards away from his subject, Hickok "without sighting his pistol and with his eye" rang off six shots, each of them hitting the direct center of the letter. While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. He was assigned Buffalo Bill Cody, a sergeant, and five privates. ", This page was last edited on 27 February 2023, at 18:12. They refused, so Hickok altered it himself. [24], In late 1863, Hickok worked for the provost marshal of southwest Missouri as a member of the Springfield detective police. "The Girl and the Gunfighter: A Newly Discovered Photograph of Wild Bill Hickok. From William Alonzo and Polly Butler's marriage, they welcomed six children in total, and HIckon is the fourth among them all. The old cemetery was in an area that was better suited for the constant influx of new settlers to live on, so the remaining bodies there were eventually also moved up the hill to the Mount Moriah Cemetery (in the 1880s). This was his sixth murder. Upon Hickoks arrival, she told him that a Confederate gang led by McCanles was pursuing him, and almost immediately they were set upon by the Confederates. ", Rosa, Joseph G. (1984). Wild Bill Hickok's iconic status is rooted in a shootout in July 1861 in what came to be known as the McCanles Massacre in Rock Creek, Nebraska. [58] Jane confirmed this account in an 1896 newspaper interview, although she claimed she had been hospitalized with illness rather than in the guardhouse. Jan MacKell Collins is the author of numerous books about the Old West, the latest isLost Ghost Towns of Teller County. In reality, Janes first verified child was born in November 1882 when she was living with rancher Frank King near Miles City, Montana. Hickok and Lanihan, however, remained sheriff and deputy, respectively. Neither claim was true. That winter, writer M.L. This, too, was badly defaced, and was then enclosed in a cage for protection. In July, 1865, in Springfield, Missouri's town square, Hickok killed Davis Tutt, an old friend who after personal grudges escalated became an enemy. We drove on to Beatrice and at the trial, his plea was self-defense; no one appeared against him, and he was cleared. In July, Hickok told a newspaper reporter that he had led several soldiers in pursuit of Indians who had killed four men near the fort on July 2. To date, four children have been credited to the lady, although some of the claims have come from the children themselves. American folk hero and lawman (18371876), For the American football player and industrialist, see, Arapaho Joe and Colorado Charlie Utter at Hickok's grave, photograph date unknown, Pistols known to have been carried by Hickok. [15] He grew a moustache following the McCanles incident, and in 1861 began calling himself "Wild Bill".[16][17]. Hickok left his new bride a few months later, joining Charlie Utter's wagon train to seek his fortune in the gold fields of South Dakota. In an 1871 account that changed his life, Hickok was reportedly involved in a shootout with saloon owner Phil Coe. In 1876, Wild Bill Hickok was suffering from glaucoma. That derisive nickname may have been given to him by David McCanles, who had sold the buildings that became the Pony Expresss Rock Creek station, on credit, to Russell, Majors and Waddell. Hickok was bedridden for months before he went to southern Nebraska in the summer of 1861 to work at the Pony Express station at Rock Creek. One story claimed he killed a bear with his bare hands and a bowie knife. Wild Bill Hickok is remembered for his services in Kansas as sheriff of Hays City and marshal of Abilene, where his ironhanded rule helped to tame two of the most lawless towns on the frontier. Several sources, including Jessie, verify the child was born on October 28. In 1876, Hickok was shot and killed while playing poker in a saloon in Deadwood, Dakota Territory (present-day South Dakota) by Jack McCall, an unsuccessful gambler. He was later elected constable of Monticello Township in Johnson County, Kansas. She was Maude Weir, born in 1881. Military records after 1865 list him as Hickok, but note that he was also known as Haycock. Area newspapers reported that Jane named the boy Little Calamity. A freighter named Evans recalled watching Jane smother the baby with kisses, calling him Muzzies yittle snoozey [sic] darling. Jane later told others that Little Calamity died. August marks of the deaths of two of the Wild West's most famous figures: Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane. Born in Homer (later called Troy Grove), Illinois, James Butler Hickok . They arrived in Topeka on April 2. Shes all Ive got to live fer; shes my only comfort [sic]. Fox described Jessie as neatly dressed but shy and embarrassed. Yet she had a bright face, and her manners were very good for one whose opportunities had been so few.. A young drifter named Jack McCall walked in and approached Hickok from behind. Col. George Armstrong Custer. His work included identifying and counting the number of troops in uniform who were drinking while on duty, verifying hotel liquor licenses, and tracking down individuals who owed money to the cash-strapped Union Army. Then in 1996, a second daughter was revealed. [33], In September 1865, Hickok came in second in the election for city marshal of Springfield. After shooting Coe, Hickok caught a glimpse of someone running toward him and quickly fired two more shots in reaction, accidentally shooting and killing Abilene Special Deputy Marshal Mike Williams, who was coming to his aid. [20], On July 12, 1861, David McCanles went to the Rock Creek Station office to demand an overdue property payment from Horace Wellman, the station manager. Did Nick McGlashan have a family? What do you know about Pete Spence, a member of the Cowboys of Tombstone? Drawn to this ruffian lifestyle, he headed west at age 18 as a fugitive from justice, working as a stagecoach driver and later as a lawman in the frontier territories of Kansas and Nebraska. In fact, William Hickok (senior) was so opposed to slavery that it's been reported that the Hickok house was a station for the Underground Railroad, where black slaves stopped for refuge on their journey north to freedom. Future Publishing Limited The family did some moving around during this time period and the next child, James Butler Hickok, was born in May of 1837. Jean McCormick was the daughter of Jane "Calamity Jane" Cannary and James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok. Calamity Jane is reputed to have led a mob that threatened McCall with lynching, but at the time of Hickok's death, Jane was actually being held by military authorities. In the HBO show Deadwood (2004-2006), Wild Bill is played by Keith Carradine. England and Wales company registration number 2008885. subscribe to All About History for as little as 26. was advancing on him with a drawn pistol and that Tutt had previously made threats of personal injury to Deft. At the [second] trial it was suggested that [McCall] was hired to do his work by gamblers who feared the time when better citizens should appoint Bill the champion of law and order a post which he formerly sustained in Kansas border life, with credit to his manhood and his courage. and that Deft. McCormick claimed that ONeil offered to adopt her, taking she and her mother to meet his wife in Omaha. He was found not guilty by a miners court after telling judges that Hickok killed his brother, though later accounts showed McCall had no brothers. No other woman in the American west possesses a more enigmatic legacy than Martha Calamity Jane Canary. Take that!" By the end of the night most of the money had been spent, and Jane was roaring drunk. I will be. He is also remembered for the cards he was holding when he was shot dead a pair of black aces and a pair of black eights since known as the dead man's hand. Alonzo and Polly Hickok moved to Illinois in 1833, finally settling in Troy Grove (known as Homer at the time), LaSalle County, along the banks of the Little Vermillion Creek. [25][26]:136 Hickok had not been paid for some time, and was hired as a scout by General John B. Sanborn by early 1865. [45], Hickok later said he did not know that "Wesley Clemmons" was Hardin's alias, and that he was a wanted outlaw. At the end of the trial, Judge Sempronius H. Boyd told the jury they could not find Hickok acted in self-defense if he could have reasonably avoided the fight. They even did a stint abroad, performing for one season in Germany in 1862. He was famous on the Deadliest Catch for his hard work, knowledge of fishing, and quick-witted humor. He is now at Yankton, D.T. The next child, also named Lorenzo Butler Hickok, was born in November of 1832. In 1859, he joined the Russell, Majors and Waddell freight company, the parent company of the Pony Express. McCormick had a lot of written proof too, which was largely believed by those who met her. "Gunfighters of the Real West: Wild Bill Hickok. [25] The 1883 History of Greene County, Missouri described him as "by nature a ruffian a drunken, swaggering fellow, who delighted when 'on a spree' to frighten nervous men and timid women. In court she presented the judge with a doctors certificate indicating she was in a rather delicate condition, an early euphemism for pregnant. Like his friend Buffalo Bill Cody, Hickok was the son of an abolitionist. He died in 1887. In real life, Calamity Jane (Martha Jane Canary) never met 'Doc' Holliday: she actually was in love and pursued 'Wild Bill' Hickock. [46]:pp.5456[47], In August 1871, Hickok sought to arrest Hardin for killing Charles Couger in an Abilene hotel "for snoring too loud". Hickok chased and wounded the fleeing Gordon, who was then fatally shot by someone else (according to some by Doc Brinks, another Pony Express employee). Wild Bill Hickok was an American folk hero. Outlaw John Wesley Hardin arrived in Abilene at the end of a cattle drive in early 1871. Lorenzo Butler Hickok spoke with McCall after the trial, and said McCall showed no remorse. Jane claimed that James Butler Hickok was the father of her child Jean . Hickok is a playable character in the 2018 board game Deadwood 1876 by Faade Games. The White Buffalo (1977), starring Charles Bronson as Hickok, tells a tale of Hickok's hunt for a murderous white buffalo that follows him in his nightmares. Both of his parents loved each other very much and always remained together. [6] Since the event was outdoors, he could not compel people to pay, and the venture was a financial failure. Wild Bill Hickok was one of the early "Heroes of the West." He had built a reputation as an extraordinary gunfighter with a sense of fairness and justice. ", Rosa, Joseph G. (1977). Michelle Renes novel, Hour Glass, is a moving, revealing picture of the legendary Calamity Jane., A bar in Hays City, Kansas, on July 17, 1870. The event haunted Hickok for the rest of his life. Hickok accused a J.V. The identity of the fifth card (his "hole card") is also the subject of debate. Still, feeling he had escaped punishment, McCall began to brag to anyone that would listen that he had killed Wild Bill Hickok. "Doc" Howard, who had known Hickok, stated that Hickok had left Buffalo Bill's Wild West Exhibition "because the lights affected his eyes, so he had to give it up". Joseph J. Calamity Jane never married Wild Bill . Hickok moved west in 1855 to farm and joined General James Lane's Free State (antislavery) forces in Kansas. [60] McCall then entered the saloon, walked up behind Hickok, drew his Colt Model 1873 Single Action Army .45-caliber revolver, and shouted, "Damn you! James Butler Hickok (May 27, 1837 August 2, 1876), better known as "Wild Bill" Hickok, was a folk hero of the American Old West known for his life on the frontier as a soldier, scout, lawman, cattle rustler, gunslinger, gambler, showman, and actor, and for his involvement in many famous gunfights. Hickok moved to Leavenworth in the Kansas Territory, where he joined Jim Lane's Free State Army (also known as the Jayhawkers), an antislavery vigilante group active in the new territory during the Bleeding Kansas era. [72] As of 2020, the flag is no longer flown. Writing in 1911, he detailed his admiration for Hickok and included a paragraph on the shooting that differs considerably from the reported account: "Phil" Coe was from Texas, ran the "Bull's Head" a saloon and gambling den, sold whiskey and men's souls. The cards Hickok had been holding when he was shot and killeda pair of black aces and a pair of black eights plus an unknown fifth cardbecame known as the Dead Mans Hand.. Both towns had become outposts for lawless men before Hickok arrived and turned things around. The son of William Alonzo and Polly Butler Hickok, he was by all accounts a master marksman from an early age. As vile a character as I ever met for some cause Wild Bill incurred Coe's hatred and he vowed to secure the death of the marshal. [66] McCall was acquitted of the murder, which prompted editorializing in the Black Hills Pioneer: "Should it ever be our misfortune to kill a man we would simply ask that our trial may take place in some of the mining camps of these hills." [3][4] James was the fourth of six children. At the time of the so-called McCanles Massacre, Hickok was known as Duck Bill because of his sweeping nose and protruding upper lip (covered with a mustache later in life). Wild Bill Hickok was an American frontiersman, army scout and lawman who helped bring order to the frontier West. In the melee, Hickok caught a glimpse of someone moving towards him and responded with two shots killing his deputy Mike Williams. The couple had five children besides James Butler , three boys and two girls. She was born in Missouri and spent most of her life on the country's western border. In the Frederic Remington illustration of The Sentinel, is the mission San Xavier del Bac? The wagon train arrived in Deadwood in July 1876. [1][2], James Butler Hickok was born May 27, 1837, in Homer, Illinois, (present-day Troy Grove, Illinois) to William Alonzo Hickok, a farmer and abolitionist, and his wife, Polly Butler. Few could help her verify the truth, and Jean McCormick was of little help. It is believed that McCanles arrived at the station with his son, Monroe; his cousin, James Woods; and James Gordon, a man in his service. Leaving Springfield, he was recommended for the position of deputy federal marshal at Fort Riley, Kansas. More concrete evidence of Jessie came from Charles Zimmerman, who remembered Jane and her daughters frequent visits to his familys ranch near Billings, Montana in 1893. [9], At the time of his death, Hickok was wearing a Smith & Wesson Model No. A classmate later remembered the children teasing Jessie about her mother, throwing stones at her while shouting, Calamity Jane! 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