This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HARDWICK, BURCH Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/zJB.2ACE/329.3 Message Board Post: I would be very interested in hearing more about this "wild west show". My uncle was born Leslie BURCH in 1885. He later joined (early 1900's ??) a "wild west show" as a trick-shot artist, and starred in western movies. Family lore says that he used various "stage names" during this period, most notably "Dead-eye Dick". After he married, his wife joined his act, where he would shoot the ashes off a cigarette held in her mouth. He claimed to be from Montana, but was actually born near St. Louis, however, he often visited his grandmother in St. Joseph, Missouri. As we don't have any information about which "wild west show" he traveled with, any information or suggestions for learning more about him or Hardwick's show would be very much appreciated. Thank you. Art Burch