After more than 22 years of research and writing, Craig Crease is looking forward to debunking popular myths about frontiersman "Wild Bill" Hickok, including one based in Springfield. On June 3, ...

When people think of Old West legends, the famed gunslinger and folk hero Wild Bill Hickok is likely to come to mind. Born James Butler Hickok, the man later known as Wild Bill inspired many fantastic ...

During this time, Hickok saved an 11-year-old boy named William Cody from a beating. Cody went on to become showman Buffalo Bill Cody and the two would become life-long friends. Hickok's good ...

This cover offers up an interesting snapshot of the comic industry of this 1949 moment. Though the title was clearly started to take advantage of the rising popularity of Westerns across all media, ...

Wild Bill: The True Story of the American Frontier’s First Gunfighter. By Tom Clavin. St. Martin’s Press; 336 pages; $29.99 and £22.95. HE WAS STUNNING, or so Libbie Custer, the famous cavalryman’s ...

It began with “Little Arrows,” Leapy Lee’s 1968 (and only) hit that I heard recently for the first time since 1968 on the morning show on KRFF. It’s a pernicious bubblegum earworm that took days to ...

It’s a story that has become a part of Kansas City baseball lore: a local team enlisting famed frontier lawman Wild Bill Hickok to umpire a game against a heated rival. The answer: It’s a questionable ...

Western films and television shows have been staples of the film industry for over a century. For a long time, they were the ...