Wild Bill Hickok

I love when technology does something new and interesting. I also love legends from the wild west (hence my name) so you'd think I'd love how artificial intelligence has brought a series of classic wild west photos back to life. Nope. It's beyond creepy. Let's see if you agree.

I like to be a champion for spreading the word not only about the Wyoming we know and love, but the Wyoming we used to be. That's one reason I find it compelling when I come across adventurers that share their experiences in what's left of our ghost towns. That includes a video of Miner's Delight, Wyoming.

"Wild" Bill Hickok was one of the most famous gunslingers in American history. He was also a hopeless romantic. 141 years ago, on August 2, 1876, the old west icon was shot and killed at a saloon in Deadwood, South Dakota. Several months earlier, Hickok had written a love letter to his wife, Agnes Lake, with instructions to read it upon his death...

Urban Dictionary loosely defines the term 'cougar' as "a female who is on the hunt for a much younger male". Perhaps the most famous 'cougar' in Wyoming history is legendary circus performer Agnes Thatcher Lake, who married "Wild" Bill Hickok in 1876 at a house in Cheyenne...

This year marks the 140th anniversary of Wyoming's first "celebrity wedding". March 7, 1876, legendary wild west gunslinger 'Wild' Bill Hickok and Agnes Thatcher Lake tied the knot at a house in Cheyenne. At the time, the bride was nearly as famous as her infamous new groom...