James Butler Hickok (May 27, 1837 – August 2, 1876), better known as "Wild Bill" Hickok, was a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_hero of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Old_West known for his life on the frontier as a soldier, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconnaissance, lawman, gambler, showman, and actor, and for his involvement in many famous https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunfighter. He earned a great deal of notoriety in his own time, much of it bolstered by the many outlandish and often fabricated https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tall_tale he told about himself. Some contemporaneous reports of his exploits are known to be fictitious, but they remain the basis of much of his fame and reputation.

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