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Mendota celebrates Wild Bill Days

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Walt Willey performing his one-man monologue show, "The End of the Trail", on Sunday, May 31, 2026, in front of the Hume-Carnegie Museum in Mendota. The show highlights Wild Bill Hickok's experiences as a child growing up in Troy Grove and La Salle County, as well as the story of his death in Deadwood, South Dakota.

Walt Willey performing his one-man monologue show, "The End of the Trail", on Sunday, May 31, 2026, in front of the Hume-Carnegie Museum in Mendota. The show highlights Wild Bill Hickok's experiences as a child growing up in Troy Grove and La Salle County, as well as the story of his death in Deadwood, South Dakota. (Mathias Woerner)

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