Wild Bill Hickok’s Last Ride, Deadwood & Black Hills, South Dakota | 2019 Photos
Due to the success of Wild Bill Hickok’s Last Ride in 2018, GAA decided to run two back-to-back Wild Bill rides in September 2019. Twenty riders each ride/week. Photo galleries for each week below.
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September 8 -13, 2019
- Our Pre-Trip took us to Devil’s Tower, WY
- A Birds-Eye view
- Our visit took us to Mount Rushmore
- It says here GAA is coming to Deadwood
- GAA is coming to the Black HIlls?
- Hello GAA… Welcome
- At Tatanka
- at Tatanka Buffalo Jump
- Lt. Dunbar’s uniform from Dances with Wolves
- Mount Moriah Cemetery
- Wild Bill’s Headstone
- Your Hosts: Steve & Marcie
- Madam Sunshine and Cactus Jack
- Juanita and Lucky Gunn
- Doc Curtis
- The Pistoleers
- Time for a toast with Wild Bill’s favorite
- Original Saloon #10
- A deadly game
- The Pistoleers
- Raunchy Red and Buffalo Jake
- Wild Bill and Calamity Jane Costume Contest Winners
- The Pistoleers at Saloon #10
- Last seen running buffalo
- 5-Rides Award Recipients – One-Eye Jack and Tumbleweed Kid
- 10-Rides Award recipients – Buffalo Jack, Doc Curtis and Chocktaw Sessums
- Near Fort Meade
- Riding in formation at Fort Meade
- Custer State Park Game Lodge
- Late afternoon gathering
- Dinner at the “Barn”
- Rusty Spur Award winners – Cactus Jack and Marlin-Man
- More Rusty Spur Award Winners – Spook and Chocktaw Sessums
- Buckskin and Fringe Night
- Tumbleweed Kid and One-Eye Jack
- Sweetie and Blondie
- One of our wranglers
- Heading out…
- Spectacular vistas
- In search of buffalo
- Green, rolling hillsides
- Lunch time – Spearfish Canyon
- Buffalo sighting!
- Wide open spaces
- Around every corner more buffalo
- Nothing like seeing buffalo from the saddle
- Riding among the buffalo
- Can’t get enough buffalo photos
- This was a dream come true
- Doc Curtis and the buffalo
- Dutch – from the Netherlands – and me
- The view…
- Riders of the Pistoleers
- historic French Creek
- Crossing French Creek
- Yours truly and the buffalo
- Blondie and the buffalo
- Quietly we cross the same stream
- The loner…
- Vast herds
- We definitely take trails less traveled
- Time to depart
- Heading for the next adventure
- Adios until next time!
September 15 – 20, 2019
- At Tatanka
- At Mount Moriah
- Calamity Jane Costume Contest participant
- And she won!! Loco Lulu!!
- Wild Bill look-alike!
- The Pistoleers at Saloon #10
- The Pistoleers are ready for their movie close-ups!
- The Pistoleers at Mount Rushmore
- Costuming is so important! Thank you Loco Lulu (yes – our Calamity Jane!)
- Riding along French Creek
- The Mild Bunch
- Chisholm T. and Stetson
- Lawman and Dusty Dane – both from Denmark
- The Women of Wild Bill’s Last Ride