On this day, July 21, 1865, Wild Bill Hickok shot and killed cowboy Davis Tutt in what is regarded as the first true Western showdown. The quick-draw duel, in the town square of Springfield, Mo ...

William “Wild Bill” Longley claimed to have killed more than 30 men, but the more likely number was four or five. “The Gunfighters: How Texas Made the West Wild” is written by Bryan Burrough.

Wild Bill Hickok was one of the first and most infamous Texan cowboys, given mass attention in an 1867 article in Harper’s, and claimed he had killed hundreds.

Later this month to commemorate the anniversary, Wild Bill’s gun will be sold at auction and it’s expected to bring a lot of money.

The revolver carried by Old West lawman James "Wild Bill" Hickok on the day he was shot down at a Deadwood saloon failed to sell at an auction in San Francisco on Monday, with bidders failing to ...

Wild West Extravaganza rides into LeClaire for family fun weekend This year's show returns, June 28-29, at Cody Elementary. It's the largest fundraiser of the year for LeClaire's Buffalo Bill Museum.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A Wild West historian is convinced the face-to-face shootout that gave way to the legend of Wild Bill Hickok was something the gunman never wanted to happen. Joseph G. Rosa ...