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Mass grave and children taken by TB, 1879-1882, Mt. Moriah Cemetary

A mass grave marker for 15 souls who died in a flash fire that hit a hotel in Deadwood in the 1879 fire that destroyed most of the town. In the foreground, several graves for children who died from a Tuberculosis epidemic in 1881-1882.

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Uploaded on June 10, 2007
Taken on June 9, 2007