Seth Bullock
Seth Bullock
Born	July 23, 1849
Died	September 23, 1919

Seth Bullock (July 23, 1849 – September 23, 1919) was a western sheriff, hardware store owner and U.S. Marshal. Image File history File links Seth_Bullock. ... July 23 is the 204th day (205th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 161 days remaining. ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... September 23 is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years). ... Year 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... July 23 is the 204th day (205th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 161 days remaining. ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... September 23 is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years). ... Year 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... The cowboy, the quintessential symbol of the American Old West, circa 1887. ... The United States Marshals Service, part of the United States Department of Justice, is the United States oldest federal law enforcement agency. ...

Early life

Many of the details of Bullock's early life are lost. He was born in Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada (now part of the city of Toronto, but then a separate township). His father, a retired British Army officer and fisherman named George Bullock, was known to be active in the politics of Sandwich, Ontario. Seth's mother was a Scottish woman named Anna Findley Bullock. Apparently not happy at home, 16-year-old Bullock ran away to Montana to live temporarily with his older sister, Jessie Bullock. By age eighteen, he had permanently left home. Some theorize that his father's military background may have set the tone for an overly strict home, while also planting the seed for the unbendable sense of morality and duty Bullock displayed in his life. Country Canada Province Ontario Established 1 January 1850 (township)   1 January 1967 (borough) Incorporated Amalgamation June 1983 (city) 1 January 1998 Government  - Mayor David Miller (Toronto Mayor)  - Governing Body Toronto City Council  - MPs Roy Cullen, Michael Ignatieff, Borys Wrzesnewskyj  - MPPs Shafiq Qaadri, Donna Cansfield, Laurel Broten Area  - Disolved city 123. ... The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ... Nickname: The City of Roses Motto: The river and the land sustain us. ... Motto: (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity(English) Wha daur meddle wi me? (Scots)[1] Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official languages English, Gaelic, Scots[2] Government  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification    - by Kenneth I... Official language(s) English Capital Helena Largest city Billings Area  Ranked 4th  - Total 147,165 sq mi (381,156 km²)  - Width 255 miles (410 km)  - Length 630 miles (1,015 km)  - % water 1  - Latitude 44°26N to 49°N  - Longitude 104°2W to 116°2W Population  Ranked...

Helena

In 1867, Bullock became a resident of Helena, Montana, where he had an unsuccessful run for the Territorial Legislature and a successful run for the Territorial Senate, serving in 1871 and 1872 and helping create Yellowstone National Park. In 1873, he was elected sheriff of Lewis and Clark County, Montana. During his tenure of service as sheriff, he killed his first man. A man named Clell Watson had stolen a horse. After a gunfight with Watson, in which Bullock was slightly wounded in the shoulder, Watson was taken into custody. When Watson was prepared to be hanged, a lynch mob appeared and scared off the executioner. Bullock climbed the scaffold and pulled the lever, sending Watson to his death. Bullock then held off the mob with a shotgun. (This was recreated on HBO's Deadwood, except Watson was hanged off of the step of the sheriff's office). Nickname: Queen City Location in Montana Coordinates: County Lewis and Clark County Founded October 30, 1864 Government  - Mayor James E. Smith Area  - City 36. ... Yellowstone National Park is a U.S. National Park located in the western states of Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho. ... Lewis and Clark County is a county located in the state of Montana. ... HBO (Home Box Office) is a premium cable television network with headquarters in New York City. ... Deadwood is an American television drama series that premiered in March 2004 on HBO. The series is a Western set in the 1870s in Deadwood, Dakota Territory. ...

Around this time, he and Sol Star opened a hardware store. In August 1876, he and Star decided an untapped market for hardware existed in the gold rush town of Deadwood, South Dakota. The two purchased a lot in Deadwood and set up shop there as the "Office of Star and Bullock, Auctioneers and Commission Merchants", first in a tent and then a building. Solomon Sol Star (December 20, 1840 – October 10, 1917) was an early resident of the town of Deadwood, South Dakota, and is portrayed as a character in the American television series Deadwood. ... A hardware store sells hardware: for instance fasteners, keys, locks, hinges, wire, chains, plumbing supples, tools, utensils, cutlery and machine parts. ... A California Gold Rush handbill A gold rush is a period of feverish migration of workers into the area of a dramatic discovery of commercial quantities of gold. ... A photograph of Deadwood in 1876. ...

Deadwood

Deadwood was a lawless, rowdy camp. The day after Bullock's arrival, Wild Bill Hickok was shot in the back of the head by Jack McCall, who was later found not guilty by an impromptu camp court and released, after which he promptly left town. After the event, a demand for law enforcement began, and Bullock's background made him the logical choice for Deadwood's first sheriff. For other people with similar names, see Wild Bill James Butler Hickok (May 27, 1837 – August 2, 1876), better known as Wild Bill Hickok, was a legendary figure in the American Wild West. ... Jack McCall Jack McCall (also known as Crooked Nose Jack) (born in the early 1850s in Jefferson County, Kentucky – died April i1, 1888 in Nacoma Texas, is the man who shot James Wild Bill Hickok from behind, an act that among admirers of Hickok and students of Hickoks history...

Bullock took his job seriously, deputizing several residents and tackling the job of civilizing the camp. Despite (or perhaps because of) a reputation for fearlessness and an uncompromising nature, Bullock managed the task without killing anyone. Bullock met his match, however, in Al Swearengen, proprietor of the notorious Gem Theater, Deadwood's most notable brothel. Swearengen had a knack for making money through vice and shrewdly invested some of his profits in cultivating alliances with the camp's wealthy and powerful. The Gem Theater circa 1878. ... The Gem Theater was a saloon in Deadwood, South Dakota, owned by Al Swearengen. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

When appointed sheriff, one of Bullock's first duties was to confront Dodge City Marshal Wyatt Earp, who was possibly interested in the sheriff's job. Bullock told Earp that his services were not needed and that he should leave. A week later Earp left Deadwood to return to Dodge City. Dodge City is an important center for meat packing. ... Marshal (also sometimes spelled marshall in American English, but not in British English) is a word used in several official titles of various branches of society. ... Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp (March 19, 1848 – January 13, 1929), was a teamster, sometime buffalo hunter, officer of the law in various Western frontier towns, gambler, and saloon-keeper in the Wild West and the U.S. mining frontier from California to Alaska. ...

Seth Bullock and Theodore Roosevelt

Having attained some stability in Deadwood, Bullock brought his wife Martha Eccles Bullock and daughter to town from her parents' home in Michigan, where they had been living during this period. (Contrary to the story in the TV series, Martha was not Bullock's brother's widow, but in fact had been Bullock's childhood sweetheart; the two had been married in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1874). They had one daughter, Margaret, at the time of Martha's arrival in Deadwood, and they subsequently had another daughter, Florence, and a son, Stanley. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (595x743, 55 KB) Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (595x743, 55 KB) Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt, Jr. ... Martha Eccles Bullock was the wife of Seth Bullock, one of the leading citizens in early Deadwood, South Dakota, and a character in the HBO television series, Deadwood. ... Official language(s) None (English, de-facto) Capital Lansing Largest city Detroit Area  Ranked 11th  - Total 97,990 sq mi (253,793 km²)  - Width 239 miles (385 km)  - Length 491 miles (790 km)  - % water 41. ... Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. ...

Bullock and Star purchased a ranch where Redwater Creek met the Belle Fourche River and dubbed it the S&B Ranch Company. Bullock is also credited with introducing alfalfa farming to South Dakota in 1881. Later he became a deputy U.S. Marshal, partnered with Star and Harris Franklin in the Deadwood Flouring Mill, and invested in mining, the local growth industry. Bullock and Star eventually expanded their business interests to the towns of Spearfish, Sturgis, and Custer. The Belle Fourche River The Belle Fourche River (prounced bel FYOOSH) is a tributary of the Cheyenne River, approximately 290 mi (467 km) long, in the U.S. states of Wyoming and South Dakota. ... Binomial name Medicago sativa L. Subspecies subsp. ... This article is about mineral extraction. ... Spearfish is a city in Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA. The population was 8,606 at the 2000 census. ... Sturgis is a city in Meade County, South Dakota, USA. The population was 6,442 at the 2000 census. ... Custer is a city located in Custer County, South Dakota. ...

Bullock met Theodore Roosevelt, then a deputy sheriff from Medora, North Dakota, in 1884 while bringing a horse thief known as Crazy Steve into custody on the range, near what would become the town of Belle Fourche. The two quickly became lifelong friends, Roosevelt later saying of Bullock, "Seth Bullock is a true Westerner, the finest type of frontiersman." Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt, Jr. ... Look up Sheriff in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Medora is a city in Billings County, North Dakota in the United States. ... Belle Fourche is a city located in Butte County, South Dakota. ...

Belle Fourche and the Bullock Hotel

Bullock and Star contributed further to the economic development of the region by convincing the Fremont, Elkhorn, and Missouri Valley Railroad to build a track by offering them 40 acres (16 ha) of free right-of-way across their land when a speculator purchased the right of way to Minnesela and demanded a high price from the railroad. The railroad built a station three miles (5 km) northwest of Minnesela in 1890, and Bullock and Star were instrumental in founding the town of Belle Fourche, offering free lots to anyone moving from Minnesela. Belle Fourche became the largest railhead for livestock in the United States and the county seat was change from Minnesela to Belle Fourche. The Chicago and North Western Railway (AAR reporting marks: CNW, CNWS, CNWZ; unofficial abbreviation: C&NW) was a Class I railroad in the United States. ... Minnesela, South Dakota Founded 1881 Located 3 miles from Belle Fourche Minnesela was once the county seat of Butte County. ... Sheep are commonly bred as livestock. ... A county seat is a term for an administrative center for a county, primarily used in the United States. ...

Bullock and Star's hardware store in Deadwood burned down in 1894. Rather than rebuild, they built Deadwood's first hotel on the site — a three story, 64-room luxury hotel with steam heat and indoor bathrooms on each floor, at a cost of $40,000. The Bullock Hotel continues to operate to this day, now incorporating a 24-hour casino. The historic Bullock Hotel, built in 1894, is located at the corner of Wall and Main Street in Deadwood, South Dakota. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Later life and death

Bullock's friendship with Roosevelt led to his becoming a Captain of Troop A in Grigsby's Cowboy Regiment of Roosevelt's Rough Riders during the Spanish-American War; although the troop never left training camp in Louisiana before the war ended, Bullock still earned the title of captain. When Roosevelt became vice president under President William McKinley, he appointed Bullock as the first forest supervisor of the Black Hills Reserve. After Roosevelt was elected president, Bullock organized fifty people (including Tom Mix) to ride in the inaugural parade in 1905. Bullock was then appointed U.S. Marshal for South Dakota for the next nine years. After Roosevelt's death in January 1919, Bullock created a monument to him with the aid of the Black Hill Pioneers, dedicated on July 4, 1919, on Sheep Mountain, which was renamed Mount Roosevelt. Roosevelt and the Rough Riders atop San Juan Heights, 1898 The Rough Riders was the name bestowed by the American press on the 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiment during the Spanish-American War. ... Combatants United States Spain Commanders Nelson A. Miles William R. Shafter George Dewey Máximo Gómez Emilio Aguinaldo Patricio Montojo Pascual Cervera Casualties 3,289 U.S. dead (only 432 from combat); considerably higher although undetermined Cuban and Filipino casualties Unknown[1] The Spanish-American War was a conflict... Official language(s) de jure: none de facto: English & French Capital Baton Rouge Largest city Baton Rouge [1] Area  Ranked 31st  - Total 51,885 sq mi (134,382 km²)  - Width 130 miles (210 km)  - Length 379 miles (610 km)  - % water 16  - Latitude 29°N to 33°N  - Longitude 89°W... Federal courts Supreme Court Chief Justice Associate Justices Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures State Courts Counties, Cities, and Towns Other countries Politics Portal      The Vice President of the United States is the first in the presidential line of succession... William McKinley, Jr. ... Thomas Edwin Mix (born Thomas Hezikiah Mix) (January 6, 1880 – October 12, 1940) was an American film actor and the star of many early Western movies. ... An inauguration is a ceremony of formal investiture whereby an individual assumes an office or position of authority or power. ... For the United States holiday, the Fourth of July, see Independence Day (United States). ... Year 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ...

Bullock died of cancer shortly thereafter, on September 23, 1919, in his Deadwood home. He is buried in Mount Moriah Cemetery in Deadwood, along with Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane, with his grave facing Mount Roosevelt. Cancer is a class of diseases or disorders characterized by uncontrolled division of cells and the ability of these to spread, either by direct growth into adjacent tissue through invasion, or by implantation into distant sites by metastasis (where cancer cells are transported through the bloodstream or lymphatic system). ... September 23 is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years). ... Year 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... Wild Bill Hickoks Gravesite Mount Moriah Cemetery on Mount Moriah in Deadwood, Lawrence County, South Dakota is the burial place of Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane and Seth Bullock, and other notable figures of the Wild West. ... For other people with similar names, see Wild Bill James Butler Hickok (May 27, 1837 – August 2, 1876), better known as Wild Bill Hickok, was a legendary figure in the American Wild West. ... Calamity Jane at age 33. ...

Seth Bullock is one of the main characters in the HBO original series Deadwood, portrayed by actor Timothy Olyphant. There are some dramatic licenses taken that differ from actual history. Timothy Olyphant (born May 20, 1968 in Honolulu, Hawaii) is an American actor. ...

References

• Seth Bullock Frontier Marshal by Kenneth C. Kellar

External links

• Historical Deadwood Newspaper accounts of Seth and Martha Bullock
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