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Mount Moriah Cemetery

10 Mt Moriah Dr, Deadwood, SD

Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, Seth Bullock, and Potato Creek Johnny all rest on this hillside overlooking the town they made famous — Hickok and Calamity Jane buried side by side.

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Mount Moriah Cemetery, 10 Mt Moriah Dr, Deadwood, SD
Mount Moriah Cemetery, Deadwood · Sue, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

The story

Mount Moriah opened as Deadwood's hillside cemetery in the late 1870s; Hickok was reinterred here and a sandstone statue was raised in 1891 by his friend Charlie Utter. Calamity Jane was buried beside him in 1903 — reportedly her dying wish, though local lore credits a tourism-minded prank. Seth Bullock's grave sits on a separate promontory, deliberately facing Mount Roosevelt, named for his friend Theodore Roosevelt. The cemetery holds distinct Chinese and Jewish sections reflecting Deadwood's gold-rush diversity.

Everything that was here

Did you know?

Some historians say Calamity Jane's placement next to Hickok was a publicity stunt — the two were likely not close in life.
Seth Bullock's grave faces Mount Roosevelt, named for his close friend Teddy Roosevelt.
The American flag flies over the cemetery 24 hours a day.

Connected places

Bullock Hotel

Deadwood, SD
Wild Bill Hickok

Occidental Hotel

Buffalo, WY
Calamity Jane

Terry (mining town)

Lead, SD
Calamity Jane

Spearfish Historic Commercial District

Spearfish, SD
Seth Bullock

Tinton (mining town)

Deadwood, SD
Seth Bullock

St. Louis Coliseum

St. Louis, MO
Theodore Roosevelt

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Nearby history

Adams Museum

54 Sherman St · 276 m away
A Deadwood businessman gave the town its first museum in 1930 — and it's still city property nearly a century later.

Bullock Hotel

633 Main Street · 303 m away

The Gem Theatre

Lower Main Street (Wall & Main) · 308 m away
Al Swearengen's Gem Theatre pulled in as much as $10,000 a night from gambling, liquor, and coerced prostitution — and b

Old Style Saloon No. 10

657 Main St · 311 m away
"The only museum in the world with a bar" — and it's NOT where Wild Bill was shot, though it has spent 90 years happy to

Nuttal & Mann's Saloon No. 10

624 Main St · 349 m away
Wild Bill Hickok was shot dead here on August 2, 1876, holding two pair — aces and eights, black on black — forever know

Deadwood Main Street Historic District

Historic Main Street · 349 m away
A gold-rush boomtown, gutted twice by fire and left to fade, saved itself in 1989 by legalizing the very vice — gambling

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Sourceshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Moriah_Cemetery_(South_Dakota)