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Wild Bill Hickok’s gravesite

Post by Hatchdog » Thu Sep 24, 2020 10:11 am

On our recent trip to South Dakota we visited Deadwood’s Mount Moriah Cemetery where Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, Seth Bullock and more are buried. I found it interesting that at the base of Wild Bill’s headstone people have placed lots of memento’s. There were small bottles of whiskey, cigarettes, coins, a few small bottles of ashes and many cartridges. Since I just happened to have a few 327 Fed Mag cartridges in my pocket I placed one with the others. Not very traditional for the cartridges available in 1876 but it was all I had available. :D
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Post by JEBar » Thu Sep 24, 2020 10:21 am

someday I hope to get out to the area around Deadwood .... its about 400 miles west of where we spend our summers .... thanks for posting the pictures and comments
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Post by Oldbrass » Thu Sep 24, 2020 10:45 am

It's a cool place indeed, My brother and I stopped there on our Sturgis run last year. Stayed at the Bullock hotel and had a few beverages at the number 10 saloon.
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Post by RanchRoper » Thu Sep 24, 2020 2:16 pm

Cool. Thanks.
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Post by Headhog » Thu Sep 24, 2020 3:47 pm

Stopped there in 2013 when I was at the Sturgis motorcycle rally. Deadwood is an interesting place and Wild Bill's grave is a must see.

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Post by The Wiz » Thu Sep 24, 2020 9:34 pm

I spent more time in Deadwood than Sturgis in 2006. I guess I wasn't a hard core biker. Although, I rode my bike there, not like about 40% of those trailer queens.
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Post by brm4450 » Fri Sep 25, 2020 12:58 am

Grew up in the area, when we had company and we’d take’em to Deadwood (BC), before casinos. Left momentos on head stone, my brother and I shot a rattlesnake and cut rattles off earlier in the summer and left them on the headstone!
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Post by dasmoeturhead » Sun Sep 27, 2020 9:21 am

Been there done that, and happy I did. We spent 2 months just outside of Rapid City, and made many day trips. I loved it up there. I'd like to go back someday.
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Post by brm4450 » Sun Sep 27, 2020 10:31 am

:) One of the best day trips in this area is a drive through Spearfish Canyon in the fall
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Post by dasmoeturhead » Fri Oct 02, 2020 12:15 pm

brm4450 wrote:
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:) One of the best day trips in this area is a drive through Spearfish Canyon in the fall
Your right, im glad i said yes when my wife suggested we take that trip. Man, after that I wanted to stay there. My Lab insisted we stop for some swimming. We found a nice turn out, and boy did he enjoy himself.
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