Agnes Thatcher Lake

This week marks the 141st anniversary of Wyoming's first "celebrity wedding". On March 5, 1876, infamous gunslinger "Wild" Bill Hickok and legendary lion tamer Agnes Thatcher Lake were married in Cheyenne. The ceremony took place at a friend's house and was officiated by Reverend W...

Agnes Thatcher Lake was eleven years older than "Wild" Bill Hickok when they were married in Cheyenne. She later married another man who was 13 years younger.