Bill Hickock was shot in Deadwood Kansas and what happened to his body afterwards?
2006-09-18 12:13:49 · 8 answers · asked by BO Davis 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
He was killed in Deadwood, South Dakota (not Kansas), and is buried at the Mount Moriah Cemetery in that town.
http://adamsmuseumandhouse.org/answers/wildbill.html
2006-09-20 04:05:24 · answer #1 · answered by TJ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hickok, James Butler 'Wild Bill' b. May 27, 1837 d. August 2, 1876
Western Figure. Born in Troy Grove, near Ottawa, Illinois, he took part in the Kansas struggle preceding the Civil War, was a driver of the Butterfield stage line, and gained fame as a gunfighter. He was an assistant station tender for the Pony Express at the Rock Creek, Nebraska station. He served as a Union scout in the Civil War. After the war he became deputy United States Marshal at Fort Riley (1866), Marshal of Hays, Kansas (1869), and Marshal of Abilene (1871). His reputation as a...[Read More]
Cause of death: Shot in the back of the head by Jack McCall
Mount Moriah Cemetery, Deadwood, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA
2006-09-18 19:20:20 · answer #2 · answered by jsweit8573 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I actually visited the saloon where he was shot in Deadwood City a few years ago.
He was first buried at Charlie Utter's Camp but later at the urging of Clamaity Jane, he was moved to Mount Moriah Cemetery.
2006-09-18 19:18:19 · answer #3 · answered by j H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the cemetery at Deadwood, South Dakota
2006-09-18 19:51:44 · answer #4 · answered by beez 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Deadwood, SD
2006-09-18 19:29:06 · answer #5 · answered by eferrell01 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the ground most likely.
2006-09-18 21:28:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know.I have never heard of him.Try a library,or hall of records,Good luck,kim.
2006-09-18 19:17:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
in his grave [sorry but you asked for that lol]
2006-09-18 19:18:17 · answer #8 · answered by hedgehog 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋