In 1867, a young journalist named Henry Morton Stanley met a man whose body he couldn't help describing: “broad shoulders, well-formed chest and limbs, and a face strikingly handsome.”

According to Stanley, “Whether on foot or on horseback, he was one of the most perfect types of physical manhood I ever saw.”

That man wasWild Bill Hickok, whose career included being awagon master, scout, and gui

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