[William Hickman] Hickman showed his fighting spirit by being one of the last 100 defenders of the beleaguered city, using only a home-made cannon for defense until the city's residents could be evacuated.
At Winter Quarters, Brigham Young appointed Hickman as a lawman. His assignment included a charge to protect Orson Hyde, a church apostle and the political and civic leader of what became a large 20,000-member community.
[source: Utah History Encyclopedia: William Hickman, http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/h/HICKMAN%2CWILLIAM.html]
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