Seth Bullock
Seth Bullock (born July 23, 1849 in Amherstburg , Ontario , Canada , † September 23, 1919 in Deadwood , South Dakota ) was one of the first residents of Deadwood in the Black Hills in South Dakota. The character from the television series Deadwood is also based on the historical person .
Life
Seth Bullock was the son of George Bullock, who had served as a major in the British Army. His mother Anna Findley Bullock was a Scottish woman . As a teenager, Bullock ran away from home and migrated to Montana with his sister . In 1867, Bullock moved to Helena, Montana , where he sat in the Senate from 1871 to 1872, helping to establish Yellowstone National Park . In 1873 he was elected Sheriff of Lewis and Clark County . Around the same time he met his future business partner and friend Sol Star , with whom he opened a hardware store. A year later, in 1874, he married his childhood sweetheart Martha Eccles in Salt Lake City , Utah .
In August 1876, in connection with the gold rush, Star and Bullock decided to move to Deadwood, South Dakota, to open another hardware store there. His wife Martha Eccles Bullock, however, moved to Michigan with Margaret, their newborn daughter, to live with Martha's parents, since Deadwood , located in Sioux territory , offered little security for the two at the time. In Deadwood, Bullock met gunslinger Wild Bill Hickok , who was murdered shortly after his arrival. That same year, Bullock was elected Deadwood's first sheriff. During his time as sheriff, he met the famous Wyatt Earp , who was then Marshal of Dodge City and in turn applied for the office of Sheriff of Deadwood. After Sheriff Bullock had ensured security and order with the help of his deputies, his wife Martha and their daughter Margaret were able to move to Deadwood.
In 1881, Bullock and Star bought a ranch and expanded into the surrounding towns of Spearfish , Sturgis, and Custer . In 1884 Bullock met Theodore Roosevelt and became sheriff of Medora, North Dakota . In 1894, Bullock and Star's hardware store burned down and the two built a luxury hotel on the same site. The Bullock Hotel with the originally 64 heated rooms still exists in the place today. In 1898, after the beginning of the Spanish-American War , Bullock volunteered and joined the Grigsby's Cowboy Regiment with the rank of captain . However, he spent the short period of the war exclusively in a training camp in Louisiana .
In 1905 he was named United States Marshal of South Dakota by Roosevelt . He held this position for the next nine years under a total of three presidents. After Roosevelt, William Howard Taft and Woodrow Wilson also confirmed him in this office.
In September 1919, Bullock died of complications from cancer at his home at 28 Van Buren Street, Deadwood. He was buried in Mount Moriah Cemetery in Deadwood, which also houses the graves of Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane .
See also
Web links
- Seth Bullock on legendsofamerica.com (English)
- Seth Bullock on usmarshals.gov (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Seth Bullock ( Memento of the original from April 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at usmarshalsmuseum.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bullock, Seth |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American western hero |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 23, 1849 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Amherstburg , Ontario , Canada |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 1919 |
| Place of death | Deadwood , South Dakota |