{"id":316,"date":"2017-03-25T16:40:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-25T16:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/2017\/03\/25\/mount-moriah-cemetery"},"modified":"2021-09-22T05:59:38","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T12:59:38","slug":"mount-moriah-cemetery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?p=316","title":{"rendered":"Mount Moriah Cemetery"},"content":{"rendered":"<script type=\"text\/plain\" data-tcf=\"waiting-for-consent\" data-id=\"22826\" data-bid=\"1\" data-placement=\"22827\">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<\/script><div style=\"text-align: right;\">In the year 1878 on a plateau high above Deadwood gulch, the bodies of &#8220;Wild Bill&#8221; Hickok and soon thereafter, Calamity Jane, were laid to rest in Mount Moriah cemetery.<a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/164c2-aynm5913.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/164c2-aynm5913.jpg?resize=640%2C456&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"456\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">This though is more than just a final resting place for legends of the Wild West, murderers, and pillars of Deadwood&#8217;s early economic development.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">It is a place to learn about the history of our country from the perspective of the dead buried here.<a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/52724-jkxq2987.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/52724-jkxq2987.jpg?resize=640%2C456&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"456\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">The real Mount Moriah is located in Jerusalem, Israel and is the location of Solomon&#8217;s Temple. Here, you will find three gateway symbols at the cemetery entrance, representing the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Freemasonry, and the Star of David.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">I have a special kinship with these symbols, as I learn that my Australian grandfather (a man I never met before he died) was a Freemason.<a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/715f1-img_5867.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/715f1-img_5867.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">You see sections full of Chinese immigrants that have grave markers stacked upon each other in South Potter&#8217;s field. Many of the Chinese that died here were eventually exhumed and returned to their country for a proper burial in their native custom, but many that could not be identified still remain.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">South Potters field holds the poor and wretched children of Deadwood that lost their lives due to disease and other afflictions.<a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ad9da-img_5870.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ad9da-img_5870.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">You swell with pride watching the US Flag fly proudly above in honor of the veterans of this country, my Father and Uncles among this group.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">I sit in the cool afternoon of an Autumn&#8217;s day, and let the spirits of old remind me of their sacrifice to build our country.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">Nicknamed &#8220;Boot Hill&#8221;, feel the power of Mount Moriah cemetery.<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; 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