Wild Bill Hickok and the Dead Man's Hand

http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/book/aug2.html 1876 USA: Wild Bill Hickok (James Hickok; James Butler Hickok), US Marshal and fastest gun in the west, was shot in the back by Jack McCall while playing poker in the Deadwood Saloon, Deadwood, South Dakota. McCall was later tried and hanged on March 1, 1877.

On July 21, 1865, in the market square of Springfield, Missouri, Hickok shot Dave Tutt dead in what is regarded as the first true western showdown.

The Dead Man's Hand
The hand that Hickok held at the time he was shot was a pair of eights and a pair of aces. In poker, the hand later became known as the 'dead man's hand' ...



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