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James Butler Hickok (May 27, 1837 – August 2, 1876), better known as Wild Bill Hickok, was a legendary figure in the American Wild West. He is perhaps the best known figure from that era. After fighting in the Union army during the American Civil War, he became a legendary army scout, and later, lawman and gunfighter.

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• Research Wild Bill Hickok and write about him. Use the worksheet here.
   
• Read a book on Wild Bill Hickok or Texas.
   
• Add Wild Bill Hickok to your timeline.
   
• Color and label a map of Texas and Mexico.
   
• Make a poster on the lawmen of the West.
   
• Make a salt dough map of Texas.
   
• Have Mexican food for dinner.
   
• Check out our Texas worksheet and symbols page.
   
• Color a picture of the state bird and flower.

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NOTE: Biographical information provided on this page is from the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica, Wikipedia or other sources in the public domain. Activities, worksheets and other portions of the article are copyright Belinda J. Mooney
 

~Belinda Mooney

Belinda J. Mooney is a veteran homeschool mom of 7. She loves incorporating all types of learning from cooking to crafts into her children's learning. Her kids, ages 25 down to 7, can often be seen wearing togas (or other strange clothing) to dinner, doing school outside or leaping fences to get a picture of a strange bug. Her husband has threatened to eat the science projects.