During the peak of the Wild West Shows, other people had similar presentations, like the one by Wild Jim French, who had an Antioch, Illinois, connection.
He was born in August 1851 in Saugerfield, Oneida County, New York and had nine siblings. Like other eastern families, the French family moved west, with the hopes of starting a better life. There was a lot of land available in northern Illinois and the family settled in the area now known as Antioch.
Jim French grew up in Antioch, but eventually sought his fortune elsewhere and found it in Texas. He adopted the name Wild Bill French and was an avid horseman and skilled shot. With the popularity of the Wild West Shows, he established his own show.
--DaCootShot
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