Nuttal & Mann's

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Nuttal & Mann's was a saloon located in Deadwood, South Dakota, and the deathplace of Wild Bill Hickok.

On the evening of August 1, 1876, Wild Bill was playing poker with several men, including Jack McCall, who lost horribly. Wild Bill gave Jack money to buy breakfast, and told him not to play poker again until he could cover his losses. The next day, Wild Bill entered the Nuttall & Mann's saloon and took a seat at a poker table with his back facing the door. Wild Bill would normally sit in a seat with his back facing a corner so he was less vulnerable to an attack from behind, but that day Charlie Rich was sitting in his preferred seat. Subsequently Jack McCall entered, shouted, "Take that!", and shot him in the back of the head with a .45 caliber revolver.

Jack McCall was subsequently arrested on August 29 and brought back to Yankton, South Dakota to be arraigned. Jack McCall was found guilty of the murder of Wild Bill Hickok and was subsequently hanged on March 1, 1877. He was buried with the noose around his neck.

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