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Many prospectors, miners, settlers, prostitutes and children were buried within the Ingelside Cemetery, alongside Wild Bill Hickok and Preacher Smith. [2] Early photograph of the grave of Wild Bill Hickok. In the 1880s it was determined that the land where Ingelside Cemetery was located could be better used for housing.
James Butler Hickok (May 27, 1837 – August 2, 1876), better known as "Wild Bill" Hickok, was a folk hero of the American Old West known for his life on the frontier as a soldier, scout, lawman, cattle rustler, gunslinger, gambler, showman, and actor, and for his involvement in many famous gunfights.
Wild Bill Hickok Memorial is a state historic site operated by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. It is located in a small park at the intersection of Main and Ottawa Streets in Troy Grove, Illinois .
Wild Bill Hickok's grave has been a major attraction since his death in 1876. After the repeated destruction of his headstone by vandals, the current bronze bust sits undisturbed on Sept. 25, 2024 ...
Her grave inscription reads, "As the flowers are all made sweeter by the sunshine and the dew, so this old world is made brighter by the lives of folks like you." ... Wild Bill Hickok has one of ...
The biography documents the life of James Butler Hickok, more commonly known as "Wild Bill" Hickok, from "cradle to grave," Crease said. Based in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina but originally from ...
Grave of Wild Bill Hickok. Bust of Wild Bill Hickok in 1891. Bust of Wild Bill Hickok. Grave of Seth Bullock and his wife Martha. Dodge City, Kansas.
Attendance at the funeral was heavy, and Utter had Hickok buried with a wooden grave marker which read: "Wild Bill, J. B. Hickok killed by the assassin Jack McCall in Deadwood, Black Hills, August 2d, 1876. Pard, we will meet again in the happy hunting ground to part no more. Good bye, Colorado Charlie, C. H. Utter."