Talk:Seth Bullock

HBO references in all articles involving deadwood should be killed. They are sprinkled around every article involving Deadwood. They should all be moved to the DeadWood (television series)page.

Kill the HBO Show references please
Referencing the show Deadwood in the first paragraph makes about as much sense as immediately referencing Oliver Stone's movie JFK in the John F Kennedy article.

Nice little quip of a sentence, but no dice, pal. Unlike Bullock, JFK was, is, and will continue to be extremely well-known, so no reference to a movie is needed. Perhaps a handful of historians/history buffs had even heard of Bullock before the series. Sir Rhosis 03:00, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

I have to agree with the original poster; this is about Seth Bullock the person, not the character. He may not be widely known outside of fans of the HBO series but that doesn't mean his biography should be littered with references to how the show portrayed his life differently. If they aren't removed, they could at least be put in a subsection toward the bottom of the article: "Portrayal on Deadwood the Series". 203.229.101.209 10:41, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

What kind of cancer caused Bullocks death?
I don't suppose in 1919 they tracked what kind of cancer killed someone? I've been searching google for awhile but can only find that Seth Bullock died of "cancer", no specificaiton of lung, pancreatic etc...

Anyone able to find more specific info?

Fxer 17:27, May 4, 2005 (UTC)


 * I haven't seen anything specific; however it should be noted that lung cancer was at that time very rare, a typical doctor might go through his career without seeing a single case, so unlike it would be today, that's not a top contender.Gzuckier 17:44, 4 May 2005 (UTC)

Need there be so many references to the HBO show? I think one at the end of the article is fair. Did HBO interns right these articles?

Brutal forms of prostitution?
Didn't want to edit this if its a turn of phrase I'm just not familiar with, but I'm not at all sure what this is supposed to be referring to, "...the most brutal forms of prostitution." Gheorghe Zamfir 04:58, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

Wild Bill Hickok's murder
According to Encyclopeadia Britannica, Jack McCall, the murderer of Wild Bill Hickok, was convicted of murder and hanged on March 1, 1877. His motive for the murder was never learned. Could this article be influenced too much by the television series?

That's true ... but he was hung in Yankton, South Dakota after a 2nd trial convicted him. McCall was acquitted in Deadwood of killing Hickok, left town (quickly!), but made the mistake of bragging about killing Hickok wherever he went and was subsequently arrested again for Hickok's murder and convicted.

Alleged relationship to General Sir George Bullock
"He has been mistakenly believed to be related to British General Sir George Bullock, who was actually younger than Seth."- this ought to be reworded, because the simple fact of Sir George Bullock being younger than Seth Bullock wouldn't in and of itself necessarily preclude a relationship existing between the two men. What I gather is being implied is "he has been mistakenly believed to be a descendant of British General Sir George Bullock", in which case the fact that the latter was younger than Seth Bullock would have some weight in indicating such a claim to be false. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.144.72.204 (talk) 01:22, 9 August 2020 (UTC)

Bullock’s arrival in Deadwood
According to the Deadwood website Bullock didn’t arrive in camp until 2 days after Hickok was killed. You have it the other way around in your article.

source: https://www.deadwood.com/history/infamous-deadwood/seth-bullock/ 2600:6C48:7A7F:70B4:E5FF:4F04:59FC:2BB7 (talk) 20:24, 6 March 2024 (UTC)