On this episode of Our American Stories, Wild Bill Hickok’s life was built on bold choices and bigger risks. As a U.S. Marshal and sheriff, he kept order in towns others had given up on, earning a name as one of the fastest guns in the West. He walked into danger more than once, and just as easily stepped into a card game or a saloon when the work was done. By the time he sat at his last poker game in Deadwood, Hickok had already become an icon of the Old West. Our American Stories regular contributor, Roger McGrath, shares the story. 

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