JAMES BUTLER “WILD BILL” HICKOK MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: War Memorial Bust
Year Dedicated: 1929
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR
Photograph By: JOHN DESAULNIERS
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
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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