Seth Bullock: The Life of Deadwood’s Legendary Sheriff

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When Wild Bill Hickok was brutally shot and killed at point-blank range in the back of the head, it was obvious that someone had to rise up and save the town of Deadwood from itself. Someone with nerves of steel and a keen sense of justice. Someone like Seth Bullock. He was a businessman, sheriff, US marshal, soldier, husband, friend, and survivor. Seth Bullock is truly the stuff of legend, but his story is entirely true.

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[bufordteejustice]

We went to Deadwood in 2019. We stayed at Cadillac Jack's but we visited Bullocks hotel and his family grave. Deadwood was an awesome place to visit. Thanks for sharing

[Goldenwithaleash]

Deadwood is one of my favorite HBO series. Timothy Olyphant played a great Bullock. My wife and I also liked him in Justified. So much so that when we needed a “R” name for my son’s middle name we went with “Raylan”.

[FelixstoweFoamForge]

Wow. Having watched, and loved the old HBO series "DeadWood", I'm blown away that Seth, Solomon and, especially Al, were real people. Truth is stranger than fiction.

[EndingSimple]

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." And here we have a good man who did a lot of something and left a sterling history behind for us to live up to.

[bellaeden]

Spent my honeymoon in Deadwood and stayed at the Bullock Hotel. Nice place.

[ronnieboucherthecrystalcraftsm]

i bought the DVD deadwood series = super fantastic !

[travishendrix]

My word, what a fascinating man. I had no idea he was this caliber of a man. I love history and I am very impressed. Thank you for the video.

[vimalpatel]

Love the way you presented this story. If the book is written half as well. It's going to be an all nighter. Thank you Captivating history.

[ndrus]

A story well told. Thank you for expanding my knowledge of Seth Bullock.

[mikenicolay]

My Great Grand Uncle, Lt. F.F. Kislingbury married both of Seth Bullock's daughter's. He later died on the Greeley Expedition.

[classicbladereview]

Thanks for the informative video. I was able to visit Deadwood last year.

[MrFurious]

Good lord we could sure use people like him these days.

[johngallager]

I read a book about Seth Bullock. He was an amazing person. The kind of "rough gentleman" the 19th century in America bred.

[rustyschimelpfening]

The true story of my favorite TV series

[wildcolonialman]

Fabulous man, fabulous telling and thank you. Remarkable history.

[shannoncampbell]

This is a great documentary. I actually love the Deadwood series that was on HBO. It was pretty accurate as far as all of this goes

[stephenchristian]

crazy how he survived, especially a time when many wanted to kill Lawmen or anything authority, he must have had so many tense heart pounding moments & must have had a really really great way of speaking & use of psychology

[KennethVail]

Seth Bullock never "cleaned up" Deadwood and admitted as much in his unpublished memoirs. He told about a nucleus of underworld gamblers who actually ran things there. He would not mention their names, but the Denver newspaper described them as a "dozen men clique" who orchestrated the assassination of Hickok. Bullock mentioned that too in his unpublished memoir. Al Swearengen was certainly a member of the clique but not one of the two leaders. They were Billy Nuttall and "Ten Die" Brown. BTW, Nuttall and Con Stapleton were terribly portrayed i8n the HBO series, because they were both physical studs in their own right and Nuttall an excellent athlete and professional clog dancer. Bullock fought to be re-elected and it was a tight race, but the gamblers swung the vote in favor of Johnny Manning, He ran the top gambling saloon in Deadwood called the Senate. His partner was John Mann. Manning & Mann. The Deadwood papers related how Bullock was so pissed off at losing the election to Manning, that he refused to hand over the keys to the sheriff's office for two weeks. Bullock did not put that little fact in his memoirs.

[AlanJas-utym]

Great video presentation. i Loved it. i just started watching the HBO series Deadwood & Seth Bullock is one of my favorite characters

[dennisbraulick]

Wow, really loved the Series Deadwood when is it coming back..