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Wild Bill Hickok (1837-1876) was a legend in his own lifetime. Newspapers, magazines and dime novels of the period filled the public’s heads with stories – some more accurate than others – about his exploits as a lawman in the Wild West.

A man of many talents, Hickok also plied his trade as a gambler, an actor, a gold prospector and an army scout, though he is best known for his time spent as a gunslinging sheriff.

Separating the truth from the myth, here are 10 facts about the famous frontiersman.

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One of Hickok’s first jobs was as a bodyguard

The man who would become Wild Bill was born James Butler Hickok in 1837 in Homer (now Troy Grove), Illinois. In his late teens, he moved west to Kansas, where a small-scale civil war was raging over slavery.

After joining a band of antislavery fighters, the Free State Army of Jayhawkers, he was assigned to protect its leader, controversial politician James H.

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