On Sun, 2 Dec 2018 09:57:05 -0800, "Cheri" >
wrote:

> wrote in message
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>> On Sun, 02 Dec 2018 08:56:01 -0700, U.S. Janet B. >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>On Sun, 02 Dec 2018 11:31:38 -0400, wrote:
>>>
>>>snip
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>>>>We were in that area going to see Wild Bill Hickoks grave (the kids
>>>>were interested) and to our dismay found a very ornate granite type
>>>>headstone. In a pub later we saw the original wooden cross that had
>>>>been there - we couldn't imagine swapping them.
>>>>
>>>>We enjoyed our trip across Canada then back through the USA immensely
>>>>but that was 1968, I doubt people do it with a tent these days. I
>>>>certainly would not want to camp again, but did love it then.
>>>
>>>If they hadn't changed the headstone out some yahoo would've pulled up
>>>the original and put it on the wall of his game room as a dart target
>>
>> We got the impression from the pub owner that the town changed it out
>> because it seemed too humble and not showy enough
>
>
>I was just looking it up out of curiousity and it said that the original
>wood marker was destroyed by souvenir hunters, replaced by several stone
>markers that were also destroyed that way.
>
>Cheri
>
>http://www.mygenealogyhound.com/vint...ic-photo.html#

The one in the pub looked genuine (to us anyway) and the wood looked
old, the woman who owned the pub had many other curiosities she showed
us because we were interested and I think she believed it to be true,
but who knows