Deadwood & the Grave of Wild Bill Hickok | History Traveler Episode 80
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- One of the most legendary figures of the Old West is Wild Bill Hickok. In this episode, we're exploring the town of Deadwood where Hickok was shot and killed in cold blood at the No. 10 Saloon. Then we're traveling a short distance to find his grave and that of Calamity Jane. All kinds of interesting things to see and learn here!
Music: "Wanderer" by The Talbott Brothers
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I just went to South Dakota about three months ago and everything thing amazed me there. The Black Hills, Mount Rushmore, Badlands, Deadwood, Devils tower ( even though it is is Wyoming),Custer state park, Slyvan lake,everything. Except when I went it was snowy and low temps. I hope you had a great time. I watch so much of your videos. Especially your Arlington National cemetery. I am a nerd of American history especially presidents. Keep doing what you are doing.
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The History Underground. Just discovered your channel today and ive already subscribed
Thanks for the video. My son and I visited Deadwood more than once and always had a lot of fun there. Sadly my son passed away last year quite suddenly. Your video got me remembering some of the good times that my son and I shared together in Deadwood.
Deadwood was the best series ever made. Shame how hbo killed it off. Acting was superb. Time to binge the series again. Thanks for taking us along great stuff
Hooper45 - Don’t get me started quoting Tombstone. We’ll be here all day 😅
The History Underground I’m your huckleberry
I agree with you. I loved it. Just bought the last movie. I was a tad disappointed but it was still good. ♥️
Patricia Martinez yeah the movie was a disappointment but the series is stellar
Hooper45 yes I am glad I bought the series. I love it. I love Bullocks character. When he gets angry look out. I loved him beating up Alma’s father. Lol❤️
To my understanding and research into Wild Bill, I have read in a few pieces of non fiction about his life that they buried Calamity next to Bill sort of as a joke as he considered her more as a annoyance, while she was defintely enamored with him.
Exactly. You might've read Wild Bill, by Tom Clavin. Exactly what he said about their "relationship".
South Dakota is by far a state that is unforgettable, a state packed with history and beauty from the plains to the Black Hills, thanks Mr Mueler from Custer South Dakota my favorite teacher in school, he taught Mineralogy class at Douglass High in Ellsworth South Dakota in the "70's" you had a huge and great affect on my life, he is what makes South Dakota and the town of Custer in the Black Hills my favorite place forever. Every one should go there they will enjoy it.
Per Bob Boze Bell, Wild Bill really didn’t want to have anything to do with Calamity Jane. They buried her there, not only because it was her request, it was kind of as a joke on Wild Bill. They say Wild Bill must be spinning in his grave right now.
Went to deadwood last year. Such a really cool place to visit and mount Rushmore is really close by too.
My family is related to Wild Bill Hickok... We used to play with his belt buckle when we were kids...
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My family is also related to Wild Bill. Sadie(Sara) Hickok is my Great Grandmother she married my Grandpa George Holt. Gardner Hickok was her father. But sadly I have never met any of the Hickok family it has always been a dream of mine.
When my husband and I went to Deadwood a couple of years ago, they were having a parade that day. It was interesting to see covered wagons and stage coaches and horses going down the Main Street.
Man that was awesome!my wife and I plan to visit deadwood next year and yes “deadwood “is the best series ever !i still watch it over n over
The pencil portrait is awsome. The story of Calamity Jane and Wild Bill is awsome.
I’ve watched deadwood series four times. As soon as he said the Black Hills my heart instantly reached out for it. Last I binge watched it was right before the movie came out. Headed back.
1959 I was at wild bills gravesite. There wasn’t any statue then. There was only an in ground marker similar to what you would see in a cemetery.
He has had 3 different Markers/Statues I believe. the others were vandalized or stole or both I think.
@@Henry.58 how sad. I don’t understand why people find the need to vandalize!
@@robertlite3878 because some people have sad pathetic lives and need to destroy to validate themselves sadly
The people of Deadwood should be proud of their city in town as they know it to be and cherish it
Really enjoyed watching the walkthrough. I just started binge watching the Deadwood series for the umpteenth time this last week.
Thanks for sharing from the U.K.
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Loved this - with all the history we have here in the U.K. I'd love to visit Wild Bill's resting place . Cherish your history United States of America - It is your heritage and cannot be replaced .
I love the history of Deadwood. I’ve been working with a genealogist who has discovered that my family and I could be closely related to Charlie Utter. My Grandmas maiden name was Utter and she lived in central Illinois where my family and I still live today, but our family originated in upstate New York just like Charlie Utter. After digging through some old books my Grandma had we found a sort of family history book that makes mention of Charlie and Wild Bill, but the thing that is really crazy is that after searching for images of Charlie I came across a particular one that has me convinced we’re related because Charlie and I look a lot alike and I mean a lot alike. lol
Maybe you are a recreated Charlie Watts
4:05 I'd like to know more about this revolver. To my knowledge Bill used percussion ivory and engraved nickel Colt's 1851 that were presented to him and have been thoroughly documented since they were a presentation to him. He did not trust cartridge conversion revolvers due to his lack of trust on the new self contained cartridges and their reliability. There was a reporter who wrote an news article about Wild Bill in his Dodge City days.
He said that every morning Bill would fire one revolver out the back door, then carefully clean the gun and reload it.
Then he'd empty the other gun and reload it.
The reporters said that Bill used almost excruciating care in the cleaning, measuring the powder charge in each chamber, and closely inspected each percussion cap.
When he was asked why he took so much time and care, Bill said "When I draw my Colt's I HAVE to be sure".
After a lifetime of a dangerous life on the Frontier, it would be normal for him just to not trust something so new and of unsure ignition.
He fully understood his percussion Colt's and had trusted them with his life many times.
So for that museum to have a 1860 cartridge conversion revolver that belonged to Hickock is very unlikely.
Was wondering the same thing. Your case about Hickok wearing a pair of '51 Colt Navy revolvers with the ivory grips is well documented. Could it be a case of the 1860 Colt in the video was one of the revolvers he owned, but maybe didn't carry as much? It was very common for lawmen to have multiple revolvers. Wyatt Earp, for example, had many revolvers, even though the one most attributed to him is the so called "Buntline Special."
Well, that's why I said that the revolver was attributed to him (which is what they said at the museum). I wanted to leave a little bit of wiggle room for myself. I know that a lot of those guys who attained some level of fame during their lifetime sold guns that they said belonged to them (which is technically true, I guess). I think that Bat Masterson was one of them.
The History Underground totally agree with you. One thing I’ve always liked about your series is that you word things in the best way possible as a historian.
For myself, I am curious as to the story that that particular revolver could tell, similar to some of the other firearms you’ve showcased. (Personally love your rule by the way). Was it a gift? Was it an endorsement like we see with modern celebrities? Was it just another firearm that he had in his collection. In the case of Kit Carson, I have seen at least five rifles all attributed to him in five different museums from the Smithsonian in DC to the Museum of the Mountain Man in Pinedale, Wyoming, to the Cody Firearms museum.
Always interesting
@@brendancripps8890 Very true, it wasn't uncommon at all for lawmen to be given firearms or maybe even taken some. It IS possible that his curiosity of the cartridge conversions got to him and he owned an example that he didn't use regularly. And if so with his death being in 1876 (relatively early in the old west) it would make sense for him to own a cartridge conversion. They were extremely popular in the 1870s because of how cheap they were. Interesting approach to this Brendan. The only thing that has me skeptical is in the early 1900s the sheer amount of firearms that started popping up that "belonged to ____" gunmen. Everyone wanted to cash in on the old west.
@@Stopsign32v Similar to allo the places George Washington "spent a night at"! I heard something that said he if had actually stayed all the places he supposedly stayed, he wouldn't have spent a night at Mt. Vernon or the Presidential Mansion for twenty years!
Fantastic, as an Australian and cannot get there, just watching the history is marvelous.
Glad that you're enjoying it. Really hope to get over to your country one of these days.
Sad they did not let you film in the bar. I was there for Sturgis this year and bought a ticket to go down in the replica of the old bar where he was killed. Took pictures and video and had a great time listening to the historian that really knew his stuff.
My Wife & I went to South Dakota several years ago & continually refer to it as one of are all-time fav destinations, although she felt uneasy in Deadwood I loved walking the streets & taking in all of the historic aspects of the city, so thanks for showing me some of the sites We weren't able to visit while there..😊🤙🏼
Why was she uneasy? The place looks cool.
It's about the safest place you can possibly go, why was she uneasy
I just finished Deadwood and the movie yesterday. Seeing this in real life almost made me tear up at certain moments. I live in Norway and generally have little knowledge of the wild west, but I knew I had heard of Wild Bill and Seth Bullock when I started watching the show. I finished it and started looking up the place and people and I'm glad I found your video. Very enjoyable, and seeing Wild Bill's playing cards, gunbelt and his and Utter's revolvers made me a little emotional. What a fantastic show. Milch truly nailed the atmosphere and the casting was brilliant.
Glad that the video connected with you. Pretty cool place to see.
Thank you! Great video.... my Great grandparents lived in Deadwood in the 1880’s-90’s and are buried in Mt. Moriah cemetery. Hope to get their someday!
You might wonder how Calamity Jane who had little money when she died, could afford such a special premium spot on Mt.Moria. A man name Adams who was one of the richest people in town paid for this location for her.. The STory goes that a smallpox epidemic hit the area Calamity Jane cared for one of his children and saved its life...She had the pox and survived when she was young so she had an immunity to it... Adams was so grateful,he never forgot what she had done ,and when she died he had her buried next to the man she loved Wild Bill Hickok
Jane was actually buried somewhere else, but she was moved to Mt Moria to be near Bill - whom she claimed was her lawful husband but that is disputed. The town she was living in prior, held a fundraiser to help her but she drank up the profits and died a pauper. Watch the series "Deadwood" for the historical references to Jane and Wild Bill. At least that's the history I've researched.
Not only was this a GREAT informative video, you also have me binge listening to the Talbott Brothers, whom I had never listened to! Love their sound and style! Thanks!
So cool to learn things about the old wild west! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks! Glad that you enjoyed it.
Deadwood’s a pretty cool place to visit. Still can’t believe the real Wild Bill Hickok was buried right there. There was a toy museum there as well. It brought back memories for myself and my parents. Also a few antique stores. Hope to go there again someday.
I LOVE your videos! They make me feel like I am actually there. Huge history buff here.
Thanks! So glad that you’re liking them. Appreciate it!
I miss that town! I used to live up behind the main street. My roommate & I would sit up on our roof and listen to the concerts. They used to do seances in the cemetery on Halloween. So much to do and see there,, and the surrounding areas.
Awesome. I have been to Deadwood 2 times, but have never had time to locate Hickok's grave. Thank you for sharing.
I really appreciate your love of history! Thank you and whatever crew you have (if any) for these adventures. I look forward to more...if you don’t mind me tagging along, virtually.
I really do appreciate that. About the only crew that I ever have with me is my wife :)
Hope that you continue to enjoy the other videos on the channel and the ones to come!
You never cease to educate and entertain. I would never have been able to climb that mountain the his graves site. Thanks for the tour.
Thanks! Appreciate that. And yes, that mountain was a grinder.
Engraved on his tombstone:
"Here lies Charlie Brown
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His final words, "Don't trust Lucy"
Ha! Afterwards, I was wishing that I would've said "Good grief" to see if anybody picked up on it.
He should have just let the kite-eating tree do its work.
@@QuarrellaDeVil that would violate the 8th amendment
Lucy done me wrong, again!
Absolutely cool. Loved the series "Deadwood". Great job JD. Seth Bullock was one heck of a character in him own right. Tough cookie.
Thank you! Bullock was indeed an interesting figure. I was glad to have been able to visit his grave.
Loved this vlog! Great job.
Awesome!! Thank you for making my layoff somewhat bearable. Truly thank you!
Samuel Allott - Thanks. That means a lot. Hopefully the layoff ends sooner rather than later.
Wow! Great video J. D.! Much appreciated!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you.
Just finished catching up on all the previous videos you posted on your channel yesterday. I am very impressed. You speak of history in a manner that speaks volumes, while saying comparatively little, and give it all meaning and imagination. I am also amazed how you find music that just fits the videos you produce. I am subscribed to twenty channels, and yours by far is way above the rest. Yours is is my favorite, and deservedly so. When I am reading a book, it's like watching a movie in my mind. I read words but see things, events as they unfold. Your videos are like a book to me, only I don't see words, but sites and places that let my imagination soar. I thank you for that.
Oh wow. Thank you so much for those kind words. I really do appreciate that more than you know. Hopefully the channel is proving to be useful to people.
Thanks for posting
I am so glad I am a subscriber! Your content is outstanding!
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Thanks for posting from the UK. Really enjoyed that.
Very jealous you got to go to Deadwood. WOW! As always, great content.
Oh and I wanted to add that your editing of the videos is getting to be very good quality! Keep up the good work for us all.
Thanks! Pretty cool town.
Love your content man! You are seeing a lot of the stuff I would love to see.
Thanks! Hopefully the videos can give you an idea of what you might like to see :)
@@TheHistoryUnderground They absolutely do, I was a history geek growing up. Was my best subject by far. Kids these days have no idea what they're missing!
I completely agree. While working from home I have been binge watching all of your videos. Simply amazing content! I love the civil war history, would love to go to DC one day. I have been out West to many of the places you have gone, loved the corn palace, such a different place. Deadwood is really cool, and that entire area. Would love to see you go to Gettysburg, been there a few times, or the Henry Ford museum in Dearborn Michigan. Amazing stuff to see there including the village. Keep up the great work!
Thanks for again a great video!!!!!! Still catching up...slowly but surely...great job bro.
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This was great. You are like an enthusiastic but not overbearing travel buddy. Thanks.
Ha! Thanks. I try to be all of those things. Appreciate the kind words.
I can remember going to Deadwood....seeing those same sights!! A great trip!!
Fell in love with Deadwood, and the Black Hills, S.D.
Agree. I enjoyed it way more than I thought that I would.
There are so many colorful characters interred here. Wild Bill and Annie just to mention two of the best known. A lot of other interesting stories in from those headstones. When I visited there in 1994 the hazard was those pebbles along with that steep grade.
Yeah, I really wish that I'd had more time there. We were running short on daylight and had a decent drive ahead of us. Gives me a good excuse to go back though.
I stop off and stay over night in Deadwood every time I drive to Montana. Such a cool little town...beautiful country around there too.
Very much so.
Visited Deadwood this past June and really enjoyed it. Lots to do in the surrounding Black Hills and the weather was great. Nice video - reminded me of my trip.
Thanks! Pretty cool place.
Love this stuff. Keep it up! And thank you very much.
Glad you enjoy it! I had a good time putting this one together.
Amazing! Definitely on my bucket list.
Has to be one of the most beautiful cemetery’s I’ve ever seen.
Really good stuff! Excellent documentaries by this guy!
I’ve walked this cemetery twice, both at night...and still was able to locate Wild Bill’s gravesite.
Yeah, it’s not too hard to find once you know where it is. Pretty interesting place.
I think when I was there it was $1 to visit and the attendant told me where the grave was. Its a a big very hilly cemetery and you wont find it without asking.
Another tip off, watch where all the people are gathered at in the cemetery..
Now on to Devils Tower and then back to hill City to dine at the fabulous Alpine iNN, Be back here again,first week in Oct .... weather permitting...
@@joemanpjg its now $8 to go into the cematery i was there last week. its was really cool.
From this Brit, thanks for that. This is a brilliant little upload. Amazing seeing some of the artifacts. Always blown away by the craftsmanship and beauty of things made back then.
You can't helped be touched about Jane wanting to be buried next to her friend.
Will subscribe. Brilliant upload buddy
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you :)
thats awesome i just got back from there i loved it sat in wild bill bar and the saloon #10 tipped a glass to bill. Deadwood is so full of history we also visited his final rest.
Been here and loved it! This is the steepest cemetery ever. At the rapture, the people buried here won't need to "stand up"....they'll already be standing! Well worth seeing!
Thanks for another fascinating history video!
My pleasure! Thanks for watching.
Another great video.. Well done!
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WOW awesome mannn... Thank you very much for your time making this video. Much appreciated...... 😅
My daughter and sil vacationed south dakota this summer they absolutely loved it
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Excellent! Thanks so much.
Love your videos. You do a awesome job !!
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Hats off to u my sir . Every thing u do amazingly done with class. Thank u so much . I cannot get enough of what u do.
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I probably won't ever get to see any of the places that you have gone to, but this the next best thing thanks for doing the heavy lifting, great stuff🙏👍
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My son and I love watching your shows! Keep up the great content!
Awesome! Thank you! Makes me glad to hear that you are watching with your son. That's why I created this channel to begin with.
Great stuff!! Always a pleasure tonwatch.
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Thanks for another fun one J.D.!
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Great video one of my favorite places of the old west
I was in Deadwood a couple years ago. Awesome little town. I missed this museum though☹
Another fantastic video and I love your channel and keep up the amazing work I can’t wait for the next video so excited for it
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Doin some binge watching and living your videos. Thank you sir
Glad you like them!
Great content sir you post things that I would .love to see thanks for posting
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One of my favorite places to visit!
We were in deadwood last summer. We stayed at Cadillac Jack's. We had a great time there. Thanks for sharing.
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Love your videos always interesting
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Another solid video bro. Quickly becoming my favorite channel.
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Excellent video... I’ll be in Deadwood in a month. I go to South Dakota every 2 years, We spend 3-5 months here, absolutely enjoy it
Thanks for the video!!
Love your travels, videos and that parking meter. Too funny.
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GREAT video thanks
Thank you love the history you bring back to life
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Thanks for another awesome video. Keep up the great work.
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I envy you for being able to visit all these places and seeing where these famous people lived and died.Am a real fan of the wild west days and wod so love to be in your shoes.Keep up the great work taking us to these places.
Great video, thanks for your effort !
Cheers from Australia 😎👍
We went to Deadwood on vacation about 50 years ago. Saw the graves and toured the town. Great to see this and refresh memories. My how things have changed!! There was no museum that I remember.. Ha we were in the saloon and the painted lady floor was still there...the poker table with dead mans hand was on.it. the cemetery was very different. When we were there it was just his tombstone and Calamity Jane's. Now they have wrought iron fencing, brick and stone work, and the huge bust statue. Very commercial / tourist friendly now. We had to walk most of way on primitive road but now paved and beautiful gateway into cemetery. What a difference half a century make. ⭐⭐
Love this!
Cool stuff. Great video once again. Love the slow motion with the music.
Awesome, thank you!
Very interesting!!!
Awesome brother. Love this stuff!!! Keep it up!!
Thanks! Glad that you're liking it.
Well from those of us in SD, welcome.
Thanks! Love your state.
Another excellent video!!!You just keep getting better and better with each episode.Thank you so much for showing us American Historic sites that many of us may never get to visit. God Bless.
Wow, thank you!
Aloha! We did a road trip pre-Covid from Seattle and ended up visiting Deadwood. Wonderful memories and thanks for allowing us to relive it. Well done video.
Amazing as always! 😁
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We will be there last week of May...many things to see in the area....thanks JD
New fan, happened upon the channel on accident. Loved deadwood and loved this video, can't forget to mention your production quality too, it's very easy to lay it on WAY too thick with the music and candid camera angles etc but you clearly know what you're doing and edit a VERY clean video. Love your many interviews with other...movers and shakers in this however small community interspersed with your core content too, wish more big historical channels would do this as a de facto "get to know the team behind the content" if nothing else.
Thanks! I really do appreciate that. Hope that you continue to enjoy the channel :)
I was able to visit Deadwood last summer. You aren't kidding, that cemetery is on a steep hill. Great video!
Excellent, I’ve never been to SoDakota , however, I sure want to visit now. Thank you for sharing ❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
It really is a great state. Tons to see. Especially in the west.
When my husband and I went to Deadwood in the 1980's we took a tour that included the graves of Wild Bill and Calamity James. I still remember the tour guide saying that Calamity would follow him from town to town and he was always trying to get away from her, and that if Wild Bill knew they buried her next to him, he would get up and walk away.
Know you hear this all the time ,but thank you so much I so love history.🇺🇸🖒🖒😍💖
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you.