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Butler Kickok , alias "Wild Bill" Hickok, was murdered in Deadwood on August
2, 1876. Wild Bill came as others did, to the Deadwood gold camp in search
of adventure and fortune. While pursuing what others often said was
his only true passion - gambling - he was shot in the back of the head
and killed instantly by a local rogue, Jack McCall. A hastily convened
miners' court found McCall innocent, but he was later tried by regular
court, found guilty and hanged. Wild Bill's friends buried him in
the Ingleside Cemetery, but two years later he was reburied at the present
site in Mount Moriah. Wild Bill's colorful life included service
as a marshal, an Army scout and numerous other tasks which called for a
fast gun and no aversion to blood shed.
from: CEMETERY
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