Mount Moriah Cemetery, Historic cemetery in Deadwood, United States

Mount Moriah Cemetery rises in uneven terraces on a dry, grassy hillside above Deadwood, with upright headstones and flat markers set at different angles and elevations. A low retaining wall of rough grey, tan and brown stone blocks runs along the bottom. Among the varied pale, dark and reddish-brown stones stands the tall, light-coloured Wild Bill Hickok gravestone with its curved top and black inscription.

Mount Moriah Cemetery was established in 1877, shortly after Deadwood was founded. In the 1880s, most bodies from the earlier Ingelside Cemetery were moved up the mountain and re-interred here when that land was needed for housing; some unmarked graves were left behind, and bones still turn up in local gardens and basements. The cemetery includes potter's fields, a mass grave for eleven men killed in a lumber mill fire, a children's section from typhus, cholera and smallpox outbreaks, and a Jewish section where many inscriptions are in Hebrew.

Mount Moriah has a Jewish section where many inscriptions are in Hebrew; Sol Star, Seth Bullock's business partner, belonged to early Deadwood's Jewish community. The Chinese section holds three remaining graves, including Wong Ngan Oi (died January 27, 1915, aged 15) and a child of Fee Lee Wong. A burner and altar built in Section Six in 1908 for offerings to the dead was reconstructed by the Deadwood Historic Preservation Commission in 2013.

The cemetery is reached from the intersection of Highways 85 and 385, where a small parking lot sits; a gravel path leads from it into the grounds and is handicap-accessible. The site is open from sunrise to sunset year-round, with no entry after sunset. Respect any No Entry or No Trespassing signs.

The American flag over the cemetery flies 24 hours a day by tradition, not just from sunrise to sunset. Wild Bill Hickok's grave is the main attraction, with Calamity Jane and Potato Creek Johnny buried beside him. His stone bears the epitaph "Pard, we will meet again in the happy Hunting ground."