DEADWOOD ~ A TIME GONE BY

 DEADWOOD, SOUTH DAKOTA


A great, old cowboy town where Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane lived and "worked" many moons ago. 


They are associated with each other through the "antics" they pulled in towns out West, but no one is really sure if they were every married or not.  

Calamity Jane  (Martha Jane Cannary Burke) lived a life of drinking, fighting, helping people with small pox, appearing in Wild West Shows, and later marrying Clinton Burke.  She returned to Deadwood, died and was buried next to Wild Bill. 

The chair where Wild Bill was sitting when a drunk Jack McCall shot him.  Shot in the back, Wild Bill was holding a pair of eights and a pair of Aces/to this day it being known as a "dead man's hand."

Hickok must be rolling over in his grave!  
So sad, but I guess it's "progress" ~ Deadwood has turned into a full town of casinos!  Maybe he would've liked the idea, being a gambling man.

Hickok's Pizza ~ well that's another story.  Wonder what he would think of that?

Beautiful, handcarved woodwork and magnificent chandeliers still grace the old buildings ~ now full of slot machines and gaming tables.   

Door handles in Deadwood.  How unique are these?  Bet they weren't there when Wild Bill and Calamity Jane sauntered down these streets. 

When I was in Deadwood, years ago, Wild Bill and Calamity Jane had small tombstones, next to each other.  Now there is a bronze statue honoring Wild Bill. 


Tours can be taken to listen to the stories of the long ago. 
Believe what you want...

A type of urn next to Wild Bill's site to say Calamity is buried here.  
Only they know what really happened, so many years ago!

So long Deadwood...you were quite a town ~ back in the day.