James B. Hickok

(1837-1876) lived near Fairbury, Jefferson County. Law enforcement officer, was involved in killings at Rock Creek Station in 1861, resulting in fame as the legendary Wild Bill Hickok, served in the Civil War, held positions as Western lawman, performed for two years in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Consult Joseph G. Rosa, They Called Him Wild Bill: The Life and Adventures of James Butler Hickok (University of Oklahoma Press, 1964) and Sunday /Omaha/ World Herald Magazine of the Midlands, March 23, 1980, pp. 20, 22 and August 26, 1984, pp. 8-9, 12 and American National Biography, Vol 10 (1999) 741-742.

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