A great card from a great mate ..sent from his recent travels through the American west...and what could be more west than "Deadwood " and its famous wild west characters. The card shows the legendary "Wild Bill Hickok and his last card game in Deadwood South Dakota. He was killed by a coward that wanted the notoriety as the man who shot Wild Bill Hickok only he walked up behind him when he was playing cards and shot him in the back of the head.
Posted 18 October : Arrived Sydney 01 November. Traveled 14 days..Thanks for this card Staff and Sherry.
Wild Bill Hickok (1837 - 1836 ) and became a legend as an Army scout and a law officer ..He was much of a freelancer and arrived in Deadwood City looking for gold. Also was a prolific gambler and was shot from behind in a card game while holding two pairs ..aces and eights ..and has been known since then as "The dead mans hand"
Calamity Jane (1852 - 1903 ) Previously a scout with Custer's 7th Cavalry when she came to Deadwood with Wild Bill Hickok as a Pony Express rider she delivered the mail between the towns of Custer and Deadwood.She was an expert shot and died in Deadwood and was buried beside Wild Bill Hickok in Mount Moriah Cemetery in Deadwood. South Dakota.
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