Roberts County / Day County South Dakota

Historical marker location:

Ortley, South Dakota

( Marker is on U.S. 12, ¾ mile west of 450th Ave., on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 1959

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The town of Deadwood, South Dakota was a notorious Wild West town, known for its lawlessness and frequent shootouts. Wild Bill Hickok was famously shot and killed in Deadwood's Saloon No. 10.