We took a day trip to Deadwood, South Dakota. The famous motorcycle rally town of Sturgis was on our way. Although the BIG rally is not until late July we had to at least drive through Sturgis!
Here is the Indian Motorcycle dealer.
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| Sturgis Indian Motorcycles |
There is a lot of South Dakota history here in Deadwood. Wild Bill Hickok was killed here and is buried at the Mount Moriah Cemetery. More on that later. Calamity Jane also is buried right next to Wild Bill. There are casinos in Deadwood and Gunslinger shows! This is the ultimate in the wild, wild west!
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| Deadwood Sign |
You can see a horse and buggy in this picture. All the hotels are also casinos. We got a great hamburger lunch at one of the casino cafe's.
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| Downtown Deadwood |
Wild Bill was shot in this Saloon in August 1876 by assassin Jack McCall.
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| Saloon #10 |
Everyday they perform a shootout on the streets of Deadwood. Actors portray Wild Bill, Calamity Jane, and others of the era.
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| Shootout at Deadwood |
We went up the hill to the Mount Moriah Cemetery. This is where Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane are buried.
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| Mt. Moriah Cemetery |
The grave stone is fairly new, but we saw old original photos of the grave and the fence around it is the original fence. Pretty amazing.
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| Wild Bill's Grave |
Jane wanted to be buried right next to Bill as seen on this sign.
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| Calamity Jane's wishes |
Notice that Jane got her wishes to "Bury me beside Wild Bill". You can see Hickok's grave stone just to the left of the picture.
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| Jane's Grave |
We took this picture of Deadwood from the Cemetery. There was actually a guided tour book we took of the cemetery, but nobody you would have heard of so I will not expand on that.
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| Deadwood from the sky! |
We had a great day in Deadwood. Now that we are where we have Internet I will start catching up on our travels.
Thanks for reading.
God Bless you,
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