JAMES BUTLER "WILD BILL" HICKOK MEMORIAL
PIONEER OF THE GREAT PLAINS, BORN HERE MAY 27, 1837. ASSASSINATED AT DEADWOOD, AUGUST 2, 1876. SERVED HIS COUNTRY AS A SCOUT AND A SPY IN THE WESTERN STATES, TO PRESERVE THE UNION IN THE CIVIL WAR. TO PERPETUATE HIS MEMORY THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.
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Listing Details
- Public
- CIVIL WAR
- War Memorial Bust
- 1929
- MAIN STREET AND OTTAWA STREET
- 61372
- JOHN DESAULNIERS
- COURTESY OF HMdb.org
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