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There was a really nice bronze monument for "Wild Bill".

 

We were surprised that the inscription on the monument said, "Custer was lonely without him." We had never heard of them being associated with each other.

 

"Calamity Jane" was right next to him. It was hard to get a photo of the stone because of the fence around Wild Bill's plot.

 

At the base of the monument, people left all kinds of things for Wild Bill. Money, cigarettes, matches, cards, flowers and bullet casings were just some of the things we noticed.

 

The cemetery was really neat. We didn't see any headstone more recent than around 1912.

 

The view from the cemetery. It was in the Black Hills.

 

Now leaving Deadwood.

 

We stopped for a little break at the Pactola Dam & Reservoir.

 

Pactola was a pan-for-gold type settlement. When they built the dam, the  settlement was flooded. It's a pretty lake now.

 

We finally made it to Mount Rushmore around lunch time.

 

We drove for a while and didn't see anything except for the Black Hills. Finally, we turned a corner and saw a profile.

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