Wild Bill Hickok
publication date: Tuesday, January 9, 2018 (part of Winter 2018)
category: Legends
clue: This Illinoisan was a stagecoach driver, a sheriff, a soldier, a gambler, a gunfighter, an actor, a scout, a spy, and more... or maybe none of the above, because he became a legend of the "wild" west by making up stories about himself.
intended difficulty: hard
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Matthew Preston, and Erik Bates