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Wild Bill's gun comes back to Deadwood

From The Real Deadwood Podcast: Guns belonging to Wild Bill Hickok and his close friend Charlie Utter are part of a collection recently purchased by the City of Deadwood at a California auction. This is a video of the unveiling ceremony at Deadwood's Adams Museum on October 7, 2006 featuring Deadwood Mayor Francis Toscana, Historic Preservation officer Kevin Kuchenbecker, and Adams Museum director Mary Kopco. The Wild Bill Hickok Collection is a treasure trove of artifacts and archival material related to the legendary lawman of the American West. The collection includes a number of historically priceless pieces including an 1860 Colt conversion pistol owned by Hickok. Among the 18 items are also letters from Hickok and his immediate family, and a firearm owned by Colorado Charlie Utter. View this and other videos at www.realdeadwoodpodcast.com

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