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The legendary Wild Bill Hickok breathed his last whilst playing poker in the Number Ten Saloon Deadwood.He met his fate at the hand of John (Broken Nose Jack) McCall

Wild Bill Hickok achieved fame during his own lifetime as the marshal of Abilene, Kansas.

American Legend Wild Bill Hickok was an honorable man who was a war hero, scout, gambler, and lawman who spend most of his life protecting others from crime and injustice

When Seth Bullock and Sol Star arrived in Deadwood, South Dakota, it was a wild mining town.

Gunslinger Bill Longley: Avoids Wild Bill Hickok, has gunfights in Mexico, is finally apprehended and hung.

Despite the many rumors surrounding her life, Calamity Jane's fame will always be connected with Wild Bill Hickok.

Calamity Jane was a professional Indian Scout, marksman, showman, and personal friend of Wild Bill Hickok who broke through the gender barriers of her time.

In time, the west became dotted with cattle towns, homesteads, and ranches. A new kind of wild critter was inhabiting the west.

Bat Masterson was one of the most renowned "Lawmen of the Old West" but was not the cold-blooded killer that so many false legends and counterfeit reports claimed.

Hardin goes on a cattle drive along the Old Chusim Trail to Abilene, Kansas. In Abilene he meets Wild Bill Hickok and kills a man.

In the 1800's in the American Wild West, John Wesley Hardin was an active and prolific cold-blooded killer who shot over 40 men

Before Josh Brolin met Minnie Driver, before Stephen Baldwin did whatever he's doing now ... there was the West, and they had mail to deliver.

Route 66 in Kingman Arizona bears the name Andy Devine Avenue in honor of the town's most famous resident. Kingman also celebrates Andy Devine Days in October each year.

John Wesley Hardin killed his first man at the age of 15 and is reputed to have killed nearly 40 during his lifetime.

The Outlaws continue with Jack McCall, Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, Joe Scott and Joaquin Murrietta.

In the final installment of our look at Turner Classic Movies' Forbidden Hollywood, Vol, 3, we survey special features in the four-disc tribute to William Wellman.

The Black Hills of South Dakota. The Lakota Sioux named the area Paha Sapa or Black Hills. A place where history began, legends were born and gold was discovered.

Buffalo Bill was a famous scout, hunter, rights advocate, and a colorful showman who chronicled "The America Wild West" in exhibition and pageant for the world to see.

Joaquin Murrietta continues his outrageous outlaw life until Captain Harry Love, a noted Los Angles gunfighter, steps in to rectify the situation and heads rolled.

Deadwood exploded onto premium priced TV in 2004, forcing people aching for near-extinct fine film-making to write bad checks to their satellite providers to get HBO.

A con-artist/sex-addict searches for the truth about his childhood.

There were few opportunities for women in the west to earn a living. She could teach school, wash laundry, bake, or become a prostitute.

Adam West is one of the most famous character actors of all time. Portraying campy characters and ultimately a cheesy version of himself has been highly successful.

The mountains and desert around Albuquerque provide the ideal backdrop for remembering, reenacting and experiencing the Wild West and the Native American West.

The Big Lebowski is the Coens' take on the detective story, with a stoner as the protagonist , and the usual hilarious mess of events. With Jeff Bridges & John Goodman.

In the American Civil War one of the worst insurgent conflicts of modern history was fought between Confederate Partisan Rangers and Union Redlegs

Release of 750,000 pages of top secret files will shed light on forerunner to the Central Intelligence Agency and the jobs that Julia Childs and nearly 24,000 agents did.

Played in casinos, cyberspace, card rooms, and in homes across the world, Poker has become universally popular.

Traffic along the westward trails increase. Buffalo killed to subdue the Indians. Towns established in the west.

Diphtheria, the child strangler, kills quickly and with ferocity, the gray mucus membranes growing back in the throat and in the nasal passages, suffocates its victims.

Sounds ghoulish, but cemeteries can be interesting for their beautiful landscaping and history of the people buried there. You don't even need a Halloween costume.

Charles Bronson's years as a film star defied most Hollywood conventions.

Call them outlaws, gangsters, crooks, gunslingers, desperados, or any other name, they are still famous for the deeds they did that changed the course of history.

Wallace Wood drew a series of risqué cartoons starting in the late 1960s. From the cheesecake of Sally Forth to racy Disney-style fairy tales, all had humor and parody.

Turner Classic Movies' Forbidden Hollywood, Vol. 3 is devoted to early sound films of William Wellman -- and the final three of six features are the cream of the box set.