James Butler Hickok (May 27, 1837 – August 2, 1876)

“Wild Bill” Hickok, one of the greatest gunfighters of the
American West, was murdered in Deadwood, South Dakota
while  playing poker when Jack McCall walked up behind
Hickok,drew his Colt Model 1873 revolver and shot Hickok
in the back of the head at point-blank range, killing him
instantly.

McCall was hanged in a public execution in
Yankton, at age 24.

Colt Model 1873 revolver.

The poker hand purportedly held by Hickok at his demise.

After 75 years, Colorado has a new state record for brook trout.

Tim Daniel, of Granby, Colorado, caught a 7.84-pound brook
trout in Monarch Lake in May. On Friday, Daniel’s catch was
recognized as a state record breaker by the Colorado Parks and
Wildlife (CPW).

The previous record for largest brook trout was set in 1947 with
a 7.63-pound fish. That was the state’s longest-standing fish
record, according to officials in a press release.

Nielsen, upon his discharge from the Royal Canadian
Air Force at the end of World War ll, became a disc
jockey before receiving a scholarship to study theatre
at the Neighborhood Playhouse.

On August 2, 1776, members of Congress affixed their signatures
to an enlarged copy of the Declaration of Independence.

Fifty-six congressional delegates in total signed the document,
including some who were not present at the vote approving the declaration. The delegates signed by state from North to South, beginning with Josiah Bartlett of New Hampshire and ending
with George Walton of Georgia. John Dickinson of Pennsylvania
and James Duane, Robert Livingston and John Jay of New York
refused to sign. Carter Braxton of Virginia; Robert Morris of Pennsylvania; George Reed of Delaware; and Edward Rutledge
of South Carolina opposed the document but signed in order to
give the impression of a unanimous Congress. Five delegates
were absent: Generals George Washington, John Sullivan,
James Clinton and Christopher Gadsden and Virginia Governor
Patrick Henry.        

The signed Declaration of Independence is displayed next to
the Constitution in the National Archives.

MIKE GRACIA