JAMES "WILD BILL" HICKOCK
AN OLD WEST LEGEND, HICKOCK HAD AN UNUSUAL APPEARANCE. JAMES HICKOCK HAD A LONG NOSE AND A PROTRUDING LIP. HE WAS ORIGINALLY NICKNAMED "DUCK BILL". THIS BECAME CHANGED TO "WILD BILL".
WILLIAM "BAT" MASTERSON
"BAT" MASTERSON WAS A FAMOUS SHERIFF OF FORD COUNTY, KANSAS. HE HIT MORE LAWBREAKERS OVER THE HEAD WITH HIS CANE THAN HE SHOT WITH HIS GUN. HENCE, "BAT" MASTERSON.
JOHN "DOC" HOLLIDAY
A LEGEND AS A CARD-SHARP AND AN OLD WEST GUNFIGHTER, JOHN HOLLIDAY WAS ORIGINALLY A DENTIST, HENCE "DOC". HOLLIDAY CAME TO THE WEST TO HELP HIS BOUTS WITH TUBERCULOSIS, AS THE WAS LOOKING FOR A DRIER CLIMATE. EVEN DURING THE HEIGHT OF HIS CRIMINAL CAREER, HE PRACTICED DENTISTRY. (DOC'S GIRLFRIEND WAS A PROSTITUTE NAMED "BIG NOSE" KATE ELDER).
WILLIAM "BILLY THE KID" BONNEY
HE LOOKED LIKE A KID.
WILLIAM "BUFFALO BILL" CODY
CODY GOT HIS NICKNAME AFTER HE UNDERTOOK A CONTRACT TO SUPPLY BUFFALO MEAT FOR KANSAS PACIFIC RAILROAD WORKERS. HE EARNED THE "BUFFALO BILL" NAME BY KILLING 4,280 BUFFALO IN 18 MONTHS (1867-1868).
ROBERT "BUTCH CASSIDY" PARKER
AS A TEENAGER, ROBERT BEFRIENDED A CRIMINAL MIND NAMED MIKE CASSIDY. HE EVENTUALLY ENDED UP USING HIS PAL'S LAST NAME. THE "BUTCH" CAME FROM A JOB HE HAD IN A BUTCHER SHOP IN ROCK SPRINGS, WYOMING.
HARRY "THE SUNDANCE KID" LONGABAUGH
AS A TEENAGER IN THE 1880'S, HARRY WAS ARRESTED FOR HORSE STEALING. HE SERVED 18 MONTHS IN SUNDANCE JAIL, IN WYOMING.
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