You might not know this about me but I LOVE tours. Any tour really, but haunted tours are my absolute favorite.
The first tour was the Boothill Tour. We got on an old school bus painted green with the windows removed and got to see and hear about all the sights of historic Deadwood. There were stories about all the buildings and some of the characters that built this town like Wild Bill, Sheriff Bullock and Calamity Jane. The highlight of this tour was Mt. Moriah Cemetery where we got to see where Calamity Jane and Wild Bill Hickok are buried.
It is a funny story because Calamity Jane wanted to be buried next to her "friend" Wild Bill but it is rumored he didn't like her and his friends buried her next to him as a joke.
From the hill in the cemetery we could see most of Deadwood and it was pretty and quaint.
On our way back through town we heard about some of the ghosts and haunting and it only made me more excited for our tour that night.
We also went to the Adams Museum. It was information overload but was interesting learning about all the fires and floods and crazy people in the place.
5:30 finally arrives and we are at the Bullock Hotel for our Ghost tour. We learned all about Sheriff Bullock and the building including the fires and how it was used for patients during the small pox epidemic. I will say I believe in ghosts and all that stuff so maybe I am just seeing what I want to see but I got two interesting pictures. One I showed our tour guide and she requested a copy saying it was a great example of orbs. The other picture is a mirror where I think I see a faint image of a man's torso in a suit jacket. Say what you want - I have heard it all from my skeptical husband.
On our walk back to the hotel we stopped in the Saloon #10 where we watched a reenactment of the murder of Wild Bill Hickok and it was fun to see the guys all dressed up and tell the story.
Then we had a quick dinner and I am ready for sleep.
Looks like you are having a great time! Miss you!
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