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calcification edit
cite the source on petrification, or be ommitted. 75.168.92.226 (talk) 20:15, 14 May 2022 (UTC)
- That paragraph is sourced to Rosa, Joseph G. (1979). They Called Him Wild Bill. University Press of Oklahoma. p. 305. Do you have reason to believe that is inaccurate or that there is a contradicting source? Thanks, SchreiberBike | ⌨ 21:44, 14 May 2022 (UTC)
- FYI Rosa is notorious for often being wrong and stretching the truth. Use with caution. GenQuest "scribble" 07:23, 15 May 2022 (UTC)
- 'FYI'?, please provide some information then. Maybe update Rosa's page with source's... 2A02:C7E:284C:7B00:47E:42:FBAF:E3A1 (talk) 02:39, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
- The most recent biography of Hickok, Tom Clavin's "Wild Bill: The true story of the American frontier's first gunfighter" (St. Martin's Press, New York, 2019) makes no mention whatsoever of any alleged petrification. While Clavin reports Utter's return three years after Hickok's burial to supervise the movement of the body, there is no trustworthy evidence that the coffin was opened. The Coronado Mercury edition of 17 May 1888 (almost ten years after the reburial) reported that it had been opened, but cited no sources. Jesseallenchampion (talk) 11:32, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
- FYI Rosa is notorious for often being wrong and stretching the truth. Use with caution. GenQuest "scribble" 07:23, 15 May 2022 (UTC)
wow edit
you can read the shock i had when i saw wild bill was connected to buffalo bill and john wesley hardin 2600:1700:9F60:8B80:809F:3D4:7EBE:9E7C (talk) 08:42, 27 July 2023 (UTC)
Two new sources edit
I added two new reference books to this article: Tom Clavin's "Wild Bill: The true story of the American frontier's first gunfighter" and Linda Fisher and Carrie Bower's biography of Hickok's widow, Agnes Lake: "Agnes Lake Hickok: Queen of the Circus, Wife of a Legend". Jesseallenchampion (talk) 11:15, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
Corrections to date and title of show edit
Corrected date and title of Hickok's creation of his Niagara Falls show, "The Daring Buffalo Chase of the Plains". The show was created in 1872, after his tenure as town marshal of Abilene, Kansas, and after meeting his future wife, circus proprietor Agnes Lake. Jesseallenchampion (talk) 11:17, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
Added info on Hickok's wife edit
Added reference material and information on Agnes Thatcher Lake, Hickok's wife. Jesseallenchampion (talk) 11:34, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
Red hair edit
If he was of English descent he could not have had red hair. (Aardi18 (talk) 17:58, 11 October 2023 (UTC))