Monument Name: | Wild Bill Hickok Memorial |
Location: | Troy Grove, LaSalle County, Illinois, U.S. |
Complete: | 1929 |
Coordinates: | 41.4661°N -89.0836°W |
Wild Bill Hickok Memorial is a state historic site operated by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. It is located in a small park at the intersection of Main and Ottawa Streets in Troy Grove, Illinois. The memorial marks the site of the birthplace of "Wild Bill" Hickok and features a plaque on the granite monument that honors Hickok's services as a scout and spy in the western states during the American Civil War, and as a frontier express messenger. The monument was dedicated on August 29, 1930.[1]