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'Boot Hill' (or 'Boothill') is the name for any number of cemeteries, chiefly in the American West. During the 19th century it was a common name for the burial grounds of gunfighters, or those who "died with their boots on" (i.e., violently). Also, Boot Hill graves were made for people who died in a strange town without assets for a funeral, known more formally as pauper's graves.

★ 'Boot Hill' cemeteries can be found in a number of towns, including:

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★ Anamosa, Iowa

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★ Billings, Montana

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★ Bonanza, Custer County, Idaho

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★ Canyon City, Oregon

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★ Dodge City, Kansas

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★ El Paso, Texas

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★ Hays, Kansas

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★ Idaho City, Idaho

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★ Ogallala, Nebraska

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★ Pioche, Nevada

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★ Virginia City, Nevada

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★ Riley Camp, Quay County, New Mexico

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★ Seney Township, Michigan

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★ Deadwood, South Dakota

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★ Tascosa, Oldham County, Texas

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★ Tilden, Texas

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★ Guthrie, Oklahoma

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★ Tombstone, Arizona

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★ Virginia City, Montana

★ 'Boot Hill' was also the name given by the prisoners to the cemetery at the Japanese-run Batu Lintang POW and civilian internment camp in Kuching, Sarawak, Borneo during World War II

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See also

★ Cowboy action shooting

★ Frontier

★ Western movie

★ Potter's field

External links

★ Boot Hill Museum Dodge City, Kansas

★ A tombstone in Boot Hill Cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, from a Library of Congress website