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Photo of Buffalo Bill at Wild Bill Hickok's grave. MS 6 William F. Cody Collection. P.69.1069

Treasures from Our West: Photograph of William F. Cody at Wild Bill Hickok’s grave

July 11, 2015 by Nancy McClure

Originally featured in Points West magazine in Fall 2008 William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody at Wild Bill Hickock’s grave Outlaws of necessity brought lawmen, and in his own writings, William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody paid tribute to famous western lawmen. He noted he was close friends with many such individuals, especially James Butler “Wild Bill” […]

Colt Model 1873. Gift of Lillian E. Herring. 1988.9.1

Points West Online: Hickok and His Guns. How Good Were They?

March 7, 2015 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West in Spring 2003 By Warren Newman, Former Cody Firearms Museum Curator He came to be known as the “Prince of Pistoleers.” His name was James Butler “Wild Bill” Hickok. He was born on a farm in Illinois in 1837, but he seemed destined from the outset to be a lawman […]