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The original location of the Number Ten Saloon
in
Deadwood
now houses a bar and was for
sale at the time this photo was taken, Kathy Weiser,
September, 2011. No known photo of the
original saloon exists.
Photo prints and downloads available
HERE.
The original location of Nuttall & Mann's #10
Saloon was at 624 Main Street, but, the building burned down in the tragic fire of 1879. There
are no known photographs of the original saloon. Today, the original
location is occupied by a bar. In 1938, a "new" Old
Style Saloon #10 was recreated across the street at 657 Main Street, which
continues to operate today (see
next page.)
It was at this original location that
Wild Bill Hickok
was shot by
Jack McCall on August 2, 1876. The prior evening when
Hickok was
playing poker with several men, including
McCall,
Jack lost heavily.
Wild Bill
generously gave him back enough money to buy something to eat, but advised
him not to play again until he could cover his losses. This
obviously humiliated
McCall
who would take his revenge the next day.
The next
afternoon when
Wild Bill
entered Nuttall & Mann's
Saloon he
found Charlie Rich sitting in his preferred seat. After some hesitation,
Wild Bill
joined the game, reluctantly seating himself with his back to the door and
the bar---a fatal mistake.
Jack McCall,
drinking heavily at the bar, saw
Hickok
enter the saloon,
taking a seat at his regular table in the corner near the door.
McCall
slowly walked around to the corner of the
saloon where
Hickok
was playing his game. From under his coat,
McCall
pulled a double-action .45 pistol, shouted
"Take that!” and shot
Wild Bill
Hickok in the back of the head, killing him instantly.
Hickok
had been holding a pair of eights, and a pair of Aces, which has ever
since been known as the "dead man's hand."
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