Park Central Square in Springfield, Missouri
Landmark

Park Central Square

Springfield, Missouri

Mile Marker 499 mi from Chicago
Price $
Highway Historic Route 66

On July 21, 1865, J.B. "Wild Bill" Hickock confronted Davis K. Tutt on Park Central Square. That evening the men again met on the square for a duel and Tuttle was killed. An historical marker commemorates the historic shootout.

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