The story
Seth Bullock — Deadwood's first sheriff, a U.S. Marshal, and the Black Hills' first Forest Supervisor, appointed by his friend Theodore Roosevelt — organized the Society of Black Hills Pioneers to fund a stone memorial tower atop Sheep Mountain after Roosevelt's death in January 1919. The mountain was renamed Mount Roosevelt, and Bullock dedicated the tower on July 4, 1919. He died of colon cancer on September 23, 1919 — less than three months later — and is buried in Mount Moriah Cemetery with his grave deliberately facing Mount Roosevelt. The tower joined the National Register in 2005.
Everything that was here
- 1919–present · still open
Mount Roosevelt Friendship TowerMonument
Deadwood's first sheriff built a stone tower on a mountain he had renamed for his best friend, the former President — and died less than three months after dedicating it.
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Connected places
Bullock Hotel
Mount Moriah Cemetery
Spearfish Historic Commercial District
Tinton (mining town)
St. Louis Coliseum
Hyperion Theater
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Nearby history
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The Gem Theatre
Bullock Hotel
Deadwood Main Street Historic District
Old Style Saloon No. 10
The Midnight Star
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