Wild Bill Hickok

James Butler Hickok, known as Wild Bill Hickok, was a gunfighter, peace officer, and gambler born on May 27, 1837, in Troy Grove, Illinois, and killed on August 2, 1876, in Deadwood, Dakota Territory, when he was shot in the back while playing cards in a Deadwood saloon. He is buried in Mt. Moriah Cemetery overlooking the city. The poker hand he was holding, two pairs, black aces and black eights, became known as “The Deadman’s Hand.” His assassin, Jack McCall, was later tried, convicted, and hanged in Yankton, Dakota Territory’s capital.

Deadwood, South Dakota · United States