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Historic hillside cemetery and National Historic Landmark that serves as the final resting place of notable Old West figures, including Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, and Seth Bullock.
General Information
Winter: Open with limited maintenance
How to Get There
From Deadwood (1 mi): Head north on Sherman Street, follow signs for Mount Moriah Cemetery, continue up Cemetery Street, and arrive at the visitor entrance on Mount Moriah Drive.
Overview
Mount Moriah Cemetery on Mount Moriah in Deadwood, South Dakota is the burial place of Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, Seth Bullock and other notable figures of the Wild West.
In the early years of Deadwood, there were two graveyards: The Ingelside Cemetery, which was part of the way up Mount Moriah and was filled quickly in the first few years it was open, and the Catholic Cemetery. Many prospectors, miners, settlers, prostitutes and children were buried within the Ingelside Cemetery, alongside Wild Bill Hickok and Preacher Smith.
In the 1880s it was determined that the land where Ingelside Cemetery was located could be better used for housing. Most of the bodies there were moved up the mountain to Mount Moriah and re-interred. However, since many graves were unmarked or unknown some were not moved.
Mount Moriah's main attraction is Wild Bill's gravesite. Calamity Jane and Potato Creek Johnny are buried next to him.
This article uses material from the Wikipedia article "Mount Moriah Cemetery (South Dakota)", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0
