Wild Bill Hickok’s life story was subject to huge amounts of exaggeration. His deeds were told and retold in grandiose style ...

Wild Bill Hickok met Henry M. Stanley in 1867 who asked: “I say, Bill, or Mr. Hickok, how many white men have you killed ... while playing poker in Deadwood, South Dakota.

Today, Deadwood is remembered more for residents like Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane. But Seth Bullock was an invaluable force in transforming Deadwood into a civilized town in the American ...