Deadwood

Deadwood, South Dakota: Final resting place of Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane, and current nesting place of casinos and kitschy, Old West storefronts and bars.

We stop by Mt. Moriah Cemetery to see Wild Bill and Calamity Jane's gravesites.

Hickok was shot in the back of the head and killed Aug. 2, 1876, while playing poker at Saloon No. 10, and a Dead Man's Hand, black aces and eights, sits beneath his headstone.

Martha Jane Burke, aka Calamity Jane, rests alongside Wild Bill. During her 53 years, she worked on a bull train, performed in a Wild West show and worked as a prostitute. She didn't have much luck at the latter, probably because of her appearance. Most historians agree her claim to be Wild Bill's sweetheart was strictly a figment of her imagination. Regardless, her dying wish—to be buried next to the famed lawman—was granted, cementing her place in local lore and alongside her imagined lover.

In addition to its two most famous spirits, Mt. Moriah is also the final resting place of many colorful characters, like Preacher Smith, a Methodist minister and medical doctor who was well loved by the community and murdered enroute to church, and Dora Dufran, a big-hearted madam with brothels in Lead, Rapid City, Deadwood and Belle Fourche. Children's graves (many died from smallpox) are also found throughout the cemetery, along with a Civil War veterans section.

After nearly getting duped into buying a beer at the so-called Saloon No. 10, we stumble upon Wild Bill Bar, and notice its sign that reads, "Historic Site, Saloon No. 10, where Wild Bill was shot, Aug. 2, 1876. The original bar burned down and was then rebuilt and renamed in honor of its most well-known murder victim.

We toast Wild Bill with a Black and Tan, check out the poker room display with mannequins reenacting Hickok's final hand, eat a burger, and drive like hell through the Black Hills and into Badlands.

The Wild West inspires potential Halloween costumes: Wild Pat Hickok and Calamity Jess.