This Day…

Posted on by Chris Enss

1865-Ill feelings between Dave McCanles and Wild Bill Hickok culminated in the shooting death of McCanles at Rock Creek Station, NE.  When they ran to help McCanles Hickok also shot and wounded James Wood and James Gordon.  The station manager, Horace Wellman chased Woods down and hacked him to death with a hoe.  Station hand Doc Brink finished Gordon off with a shotgun.