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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:
  • Anamosa, Iowa
  • Billings, Montana
  • Bonanza, Custer County, Idaho
  • Canyon City, Oregon
  • Dodge City, Kansas
    
  • El Paso, Texas
  • Hays, Kansas
  • Idaho City, Idaho
  • Ogallala, Nebraska
  • Pioche, Nevada
  • Virginia City, Nevada
  • Riley Camp, Quay County, New Mexico
  • Seney Township, Michigan
  • Deadwood, South Dakota
  • Tascosa, Oldham County, Texas
  • Tilden, Texas
  • Guthrie, Oklahoma
  • Tombstone, Arizona
  • 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

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