My aunt always used to brag that we were related to Wild Bill Hickock. When I took up our family genealogy several years ago, I decided to check it out. Yup, sixth cousin four generations removed. (I don't think we'll be invited to any family reunions!) But it was fun checking it out. A lot of the stuff about Calamity Jane is myth. After a short time he had no time for her. I'm surprised he didn't rise up out of his gravestone when they buried her next to him. It's too bad Deadwood has been turned into a bunch of casinos.
Mt. Moriah will be coming soon to a puzzle near you, gringa! You are correct, dondi....they do cater to tourists...but there is a lot of old west history to be learned there. Thanks lydie-I would not want to be there in the heat of the summer, or in the cold of the winter! Yes, Jacques...an old west city it is. Filled of tales of saloons and gunslingers.
Hmmm. So I realized I never had any idea where Deadwood was (didn't even know it was in S. Dakota). Now I know it's south of Spearfish, west of Bear Butte, and east of Sundance. Should have known.
Actually, it looks like any old American small town. Nothing obviously western about it. Smacks of a tourist trap, though, with a Hickock murder memorial and a place called "Calamity's".
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