Springfield, Missouri: Stand Where Wild Bill Hickok Killed a Man
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- Address:
- Park Central Square, Springfield, MO
- Directions:
- The engraved disk is set into a little square of concrete in the pavement of Park Central Square (the street that circles the city square). On the southeast side of the square, on the inner edge of the roadway, just east of South Ave. and the brick pedestrian walkway across Park Central Square.
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
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A disk in the pavement marks spots where, in July 1865, Wild Bill shot and killed Davis Tutt, at a distance of 75 yards, for refusing to return his pocket watch.
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The sign is in a very dangerous spot. Park around the block, then walk around the square. Be safe.
[Rose, 11/26/2016]
It's really small.
[vanceerwin, 07/24/2014]
This one was pretty interesting and an impressive shot from that distance. Just watch the traffic in the circle.
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Two disks in the pavement mark where the deadly bullet was fired from and where it fatally dispatched David Tutt. Tutt's crime was failing to return Will Bill's pocket watch, a serious faux pas in 1865.