Seth Bullock

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Seth Bullock (July 23, 1849 - September 23, 1919) was the Western sheriff of Canada, the owner of hardware stores, and Marshal AS.

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Many details of Bullock's early life are missing. He was born in Amherstburg, Western Canada (now Ontario) on the Canadian side of the Detroit River.

His father, a retired British Army Major Sergeant and heroine George Bullock, was known to be active in Sandwich politics, Western Canada (later renamed Windsor, Ontario). He has been mistakenly believed to be associated with British General George Bullock, Governor and Supreme Commander of Bermuda; However, Lieutenant General Sir George M. Bullock was a boy and a young man during the Seth exploits in Deadwood. Mrs. Seth is a Scotswoman named Anna Findley Bullock.

Bullock was not happy at home. His father was a strict disciplinarian, known for defeating Seth Young for minor offenses. Bullock fled first at age 13, then again at the age of 16 to Montana to live temporarily with his older sister, Jessie Bullock. At the age of eighteen, he had left the house permanently.

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In 1867, Bullock became a resident of Helena, Montana, where he was unable to run for the Territorial Legislature. He was later elected a Republican to the Territorial Senate, served in 1871 and 1872 and helped create Yellowstone National Park. In 1873, he was elected a sheriff in Lewis and Clark County, Montana. During his tenure as a sheriff, he killed his first man, Clell Watson. Watson had stolen the horse and was involved in a firefight with Bullock, where Bullock was slightly injured on the shoulder. Watson was then taken into custody. Watson was ready to be hanged, but the crowd appeared and frightened the executioner. Bullock climbed up the scaffold and pulled the lever, sending Watson to his death. Bullock then held the mafia with a shotgun. The incident was recreated in HBO's Deadwood, except that Watson was hung on the steps of the sheriff's office.

Around this time, Bullock and Sol Star opened a hardware store. In August 1876, he and Star decided that an untapped market for hardware existed in the town of Gold Rush, Deadwood, in the Dakota Region. Both bought much in Deadwood and set up shop there as "Star and Bullock Offices, Auctioneers and Commission Merchants," first in a tent and then a building.

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Deadwood

Deadwood is a disobedient and rowdy camp. The day after Bullock's arrival, Wild Bill Hickok was killed by Jack McCall. McCall shoots Hickok behind his head as he sits playing poker. McCall was later found not guilty by an impromptu camp court and released, after which he immediately left town. Law enforcement demands escalated after Hickok's killing and Bullock's background made it a logical choice for Deadwood's first sheriff.

Bullock took his job seriously, representing some residents and tackling the task of civilizing the camp. Despite (or perhaps because of) a reputation for courage and uncompromising nature, Bullock manages the task without killing anyone. Bullock has some 'run ins' with Al Swearengen, the owner of the famous Gem Theater, the most famous brothel in Deadwood. Swearengen has the talent to make money from his deputy and cleverly invests some of his profits in building alliances with richer and powerful camps.

When appointed by the sheriff, one of Bullock's first tasks was to confront Dodge City Deputy Marshal Wyatt Earp, who may be interested in the sheriff's work. Bullock told Earp that his services were not necessary. A week later Earp left Deadwood to return to Dodge Town.

After achieving some stability in Deadwood, Bullock took his wife Martha Eccles Bullock and daughter to town from her parents' home in Michigan, where they lived during this period. They had a daughter, Margaret, on the arrival of Martha in Deadwood, and they later had another daughter, Florence, and a son, Stanley.

Bullock and Star bought a farm where Redwater Creek meets the Belle Fourche River and is dubbed the S & amp; B. Bullock was also credited with introducing alfalfa farming to South Dakota in 1881. Then he became a US Marshal representative, partnered with Star and Harris Franklin at the Dead Mill Mill, and invested in mining, the local growth industry. Bullock and Star eventually expanded their business interests to the cities of Spearfish, Sturgis, and Custer.

Bullock, then a deputy sheriff from Medora, North Dakota, met Theodore Roosevelt in 1884 while carrying a horse thief known as Steve Gila into custody in the range, near what would become the town of Belle Fourche. Both became lifelong friends, Roosevelt then said of Bullock, "Seth Bullock is a true West, the far right type of frontiersman."

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Belle Fourche and Bullock Hotel

Bullock and Star contribute further to economic development in the region by convincing Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad to build the track by offering 40 acres (16Ãƒ, ha) of free rights throughout their land when a speculator purchases the right to Minnesela and demands high price of train. The train built a three-mile (5 km) northwest of Minnesela station in 1890, and Bullock and Star played an important role in establishing the town of Belle Fourche, offering many free to anyone who moved from Minnesela. Belle Fourche became the largest relhead for cattle in the United States and the county seat was changed from Minnesela to Belle Fourche.

The hardware store Bullock and Star in Deadwood was burned in 1894. Instead of rebuilding, they built the first Deadwood hotel on luxury three-story, 63 rooms with steam and deep bathrooms on each floor, at a cost of $ 40,000. The Bullock Hotel continues to operate to this day, now combining casinos.

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Next life and death

Bullock's friendship with Roosevelt caused him to be A Captain A in the Grigsby Cowboy Regiment. This is another voluntary cavalry regiment authorized by Congress in the Spring of 1898. Its composition is similar to Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders who saw action in Cuba during the Spanish-American War. Although the troops never left a training camp in Louisiana before the war ended, Bullock still earned the rank of captain. When Roosevelt became vice president under President William McKinley, he appointed Bullock as the first forest overseer of the Black Hills Reserve. After Roosevelt was elected president, Bullock organized 50 people (including Tom Mix) to ride his maiden parade in 1905. Bullock was then appointed US Marshal to South Dakota for the next nine years. Roosevelt then chose Bullock as one of 18 officers (others including Frederick Russell Burnham, James R. Garfield, and John M. Parker) to raise the volunteer infantry division, World War I volunteer Roosevelt, to serve in France in 1917.

Congress gave Roosevelt the authority to lift up to four divisions similar to the Coach Riders; however, as the highest commander, President Woodrow Wilson refused to use the volunteers and the unit was disbanded. Following the death of Roosevelt in January 1919, Bullock created a monument to him with the help of Pioneer Black Hill, dedicated to July 4, 1919, at Mount Sheep, named Mount Roosevelt.

Bullock died of colon cancer shortly thereafter, on September 23, 1919, at his home at 28 Van Buren Street in Deadwood. She is buried at Mt Moriah Cemetery in Deadwood, along with Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane, with her grave facing Mount Roosevelt. Bullock's graveyard is over 750 feet from the main cemetery.