Gale Baldwin and the killer of Wild Bill Hickok

Monday, June 11, 2012

In 1923 Gale Baldwin sat down to write his recollections of the early days of Southwest Nebraska for the Hitchcock County paper. At that time, Mr. Baldwin was 76 years of age and had a good deal to say about his adventures in the "good old days." Baldwin had first come to the region from Iowa in 1871, with his wife and two small children. They came in a covered wagon drawn by two mules. Gale was on a hunting expedition -- to shoot buffalo, but more importantly, to find a "home."

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