After more than 22 years of research and writing, Craig Crease is looking forward to debunking popular myths about frontiersman "Wild Bill" Hickok, including one based in Springfield. On June 3, ...

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This cover offers up an interesting snapshot of the comic industry of this 1949 moment. Though the title was clearly started to take advantage of the rising popularity of Westerns across all media, ...

On this day, July 21, 1865, Wild Bill Hickok shot and killed cowboy Davis Tutt in what is regarded as the first true Western showdown. Texas commissioner injured, husband stabbed to death by grandson: ...

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Who was the deadliest gunfighter of the Old West? Legends like Wild Bill Hickok, Billy the Kid, and Jesse James all have ...

DEADWOOD, South Dakota — Wild Bill Hickok was killed right there. At least that’s what the woman who sold me the $10 ticket said. I’m in a basement exhibit area of the Saloon No. 10 in Deadwood.

PTSD is a major problem in law enforcement. PTSD was essentially the same, in terms of its symptoms, for centuries before modern media highlighted it for the general public (e.g., Sharps & ...

The climax to many Western films often involves a shootout between the hero with a white hat and villain in black. The cliche quick-draw duel was the opening for the long-running show “Gunsmoke.” The ...