in 1871, wild bill hickok became marshal of abilene, kansas. he fought john wesley hardin there. after hickok disarmed him, he ran away. hickok was also a deputy marshal at fort riley. he was also a marshal at hays in the wild west. in the 1880s at greensburg, kansas, a big well was built to get water for the santa fe and rock island railroads. it is deep and in diameter. this makes it one of the world's biggest hand-dug wells.