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 Wild Bill Hickok - Hays, KS Posted by:  linkys
N 38° 52.286 W 099° 19.832
14S E 471327 N 4302561
Statue of Wild Bill Hickok, in a town he fled after killing a soldier in a barroom brawl.
Waymark Code: WMETQX
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 07/06/2012
Views: 6
This statue is located in a small plaza in historic downtown Hays. Wild Bill is looking out at the street and pedestrians are drawn to the statue. It was gift of a local bank commemorating its 100th anniversary, and has been maintained in excellent condition. The plaque on the base reads:
JAMES BUTLER "WILD BILL" HICKOK
(1837-1876)
WHEN ELLIS COUNTY'S ELECTED OFFICIALS FAILED IN MID-1869
TO MAINTAIN LAW AND ORDER, THE "BETTER CLASS OF CITIZENS" HIRED
WELL-KNOWN GUNFIGHTER JAMES BUTLER HICKOK TO ACT AS "SHERIFF".
SAM STRAWHUN AND BILL MULVEY RESISTED HICKOK AND WERE SOON
BURIED ON HAYS CITY'S BOOT HILL. "WILD BILL" LOST THE 1869
ELECTION TO HIS OWN DEPUTY AND FLED THE AREA IN 1870 AFTER
KILLING JOHN KYLE AND WOUNDING JEREMIAH LONERGAN, BOTH 7TH
CAVALRYMEN, IN A BARROOM BRAWL.
HE WAS ASSASSINATED AT DEADWOOD, S.D., IN 1876.
PETE FELTEN, SCULPTOR
OUR 100TH ANNIVERSARY GIFT TO THE RESIDENTS OF
HAYS AND ELLIS COUNTY, APRIL 29, 1989
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
NOW
EMPRISE BANK, N.A.
HAYS, KANSAS
TITLE: Wild Bill Hickok
ARTIST(S): Pete Felton
DATE: 1989
MEDIUM: Sculpture: Kansas or Indiana limestone; Base: brick
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS KS000070
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
10th & Main
Hays, Kansas
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
Around the base of the sculpture are the words: James Butler "Wild Bill Hickok, Hays, Kansas in 1869
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