Travel Bug Dog Tag Dead Man's Hand

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Owner:
Kitch Send Message to Owner Message this owner
Released:
Thursday, June 12, 2003
Origin:
Minnesota, United States
Recently Spotted:
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Current Goal

Please take me to casino's, Poker rooms, card tables, & local bars. I would even like to go to places of historical value to the WEST.

About This Item

If you don't know what the Dead Man's Hand is.... James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok was born in Troy Grove, Ill. on May 27, 1837. Hickok was a frontier marshal famous for his deadly shooting. When he was 18 years old he left his family's farm in Illinois and wandered westward. In Nebraska Territory he had a shoot-out with the McCanles gang, in which three of them were killed. He was a Union scout during the Civil War, and achieved fame as a U.S. marshal and gunfighter in the cow towns of Kansas from 1866 to 1871. He toured with Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show, astonishing eastern audiences with his marksmanship. On Aug. 2, 1876, Wild Bill was shot from behind and killed while playing poker in Saloon #10 in Deadwood, Dakota Territory. Legend has it that he died with a poker hand consisting of a pair of aces and a pair of eights! -- known thereafter as the "dead man's hand".

Legends say the hand is bad luck. But I believe with a chip from my Casino will help turn that around. Good luck to you and may your winnings be blessed.

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Tracking History (10779mi) View Map

Dropped Off 9/22/2004 Bull Moose placed it in Travel Bug Graveyard Kansas - 7,734.92 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 8/7/2004 Bull Moose retrieved it from A Salute to Col Bob Washington   Visit Log

I will help this bug along.
Dropped Off 8/7/2004 CurmudgeonlyGal placed it in A Salute to Col Bob Washington - 73.78 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 8/5/2004 CurmudgeonlyGal retrieved it from The Wild Frontier Washington   Visit Log

This belongs to you, Kitch?

So cool!

I'll be dropping the TB off at A Salute to Col. Bob tomorrow... if I make it to the top, that is.

XOXO, Sugar!
Dropped Off 8/2/2004 Innkeepers placed it in The Wild Frontier Washington - 15.93 miles  Visit Log

After a trip to the Emerald Queen Casino (EQC) to pick up a token of the visit, dropped the TB off at The Wild Frontier cache. Kitch, if you visit the cache web page you will see that it is an appropriate site for your TB to visit.

  • Aces and eights Let's fold this hand before it becomes a reality
Retrieve It from a Cache 8/1/2004 Innkeepers retrieved it from The Bloated Festering Head of My First Victim Washington   Visit Log

This TB was nearly true to its name, as we barely escaped from the lair of the Fen Dweller with our lives. I plan on getting rid of this TB as soon as I can, before it becomes reality.

  • Mr. Thomas Dead mans hand spent some time with dead mans head
Dropped Off 7/29/2004 Kfam placed it in The Bloated Festering Head of My First Victim Washington - 8.23 miles  Visit Log

I was VERY lucky to have only ONE "Dead Man's Hand" to place in this cache. Hopefully, other hunters will have as much excitement as I had while carrying this around!

[This entry was edited by Kfam on Friday, July 30, 2004 at 12:08:14 PM.]
Retrieve It from a Cache 7/27/2004 Kfam retrieved it from Tacoma Travel Bug Vault Washington   Visit Log

I know just the place for this.
Stay tuned...
Dropped Off 7/16/2004 JuliaH placed it in Tacoma Travel Bug Vault Washington   Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 7/16/2004 JuliaH retrieved it from Tacoma Travel Bug Vault Washington   Visit Log

I found this Travel Bug as my Poppa put it into the Tacoma Travel Bug Mania Vault cache.
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