Guide to the 2022 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
At last, it’s that time of the year again the much-awaited Sturgis Motorcycle Rally held in Sturgis, South Dakota. This year they have some pretty high-profile primary sponsors to help their already prolific internationally renowned event. The internet’s high-profile online shopping mall Bargainbrute.Com are on board to lend a hand.
Yes, the legend of the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally lives. I am sure with only 16 days left before the opening ceremony, doctors, bankers people from all walks of life are at this moment shaking off their work clothes, dusting down their leathers, and polishing their pride and joy. Their motorcycles. Then, when prepared, traveling to what can only be described as an awe-inspiring experience of incredible showmanship and friendship unmatched anywhere else on the planet.
I think the organizer’s website sturgismotorcyclerally.com sums up this year’s event in just a few words. Take the ride, feel the music, eat the food. There is something for the whole family. You don’t even have to be a biker to enjoy what is a cauldron of absolute fun and games for the entire family. Now let’s take a look at the city of riders as it prepares for the 79th annual 2019 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.
Just a short teaser: There is no warm-up for this rally. From the minute they get things going, everything starts jumping, and one man, in particular, will jump higher and longer than any one of us could even dream. Yes, at 4 pm at the opening ceremony, the legendary Cole Freeman will jump his Harley over the legendary Main Street of Sturgis. Something which will definitely get the adrenaline juices running.
A little bit of fascinating history
The first rally took place on the 14th of August 1938 by Indian Motorcycle riders belonging to the Jackpine Gypsies motorcycle club in an event called the “Black Hills Classic.” The founder was a gentleman named Clarence “Pappy” Hoel, who had just purchased an Indian Motorcycle franchise in Sturgis. TA tiny audience watched this first event, so it was not intended to make any money. Today, however, the rally generates approximately $800 million every year, a real signal of its popularity.
The actual town of Sturgis is steeped in American history and folklore. Founded in 1878, the town was initially called Scooptown. Quite a strange name, but residents of the time had no problem scooping up the soldiers’ salaries from the nearby Fort Meade. Others say the name Scooptown originated in the gold rush because the town’s inhabitants had no problem scooping up the gold found scattered about the area. However, the name did not last long, and it was quickly changed to Sturgis in honor of General Samuel D. Sturgis, one of the civil war’s most decorated generals.
Wild Bill Hickok and the Deadwood Saloon
On Mainstreet, Saloon Number 10, to be exact, is the site where the original Deadwood saloon used to stand. One of Wild Bill Hickok’s favorite gambling and drinking places. It would still be there today but unfortunately burnt down in what can only be described as very mysterious circumstances. Luckily enough for the residents and Sturgis visitors, a new saloon called Saloon No. 10 in Deadwood was built to take its place.
This saloon decorated with hundreds of photographs reminding us of its wild-west history, coupled with historical reenactments of Hickok’s times, is a must to visit! It is quite frankly like stepping back in time. For those who do not know, this is where Wild Bill Hickok was gunned down, shot in the back by Jack McCall.
Much has been written about the gunning down of Hickok, but nothing is stranger than the legend of his death. Legend tells us if you find yourself alone in the new main street, Saloon 10, you can hear the coughing of an older man stumbling from table to table, searching for his killer. You must remember that Jack McCall shot Hickok in the back, so he would not have known who his killer was. However, Sturgis’s people did and hunted McCall down and hung him not far from the Deadwood Saloon, where the new Saloon stands today.
Jack McCall’s body was later exhumed and found to have the hangman’s noose still around his neck, even though the people who hung him reported that they had not left the rope in place. Leading people to believe that Wild Bill Hickok had found him during one of his nighttime excursions and placed the knot back around his throat so that he would hang in perpetuity.
Whether you believe it or not, if you can just for a couple of hours tear yourselves away from this breathtaking motorbike rally and its entertainment, pop into the Old Style Saloon No. 10 in Deadwood and go back to a time when there were open fields, no fences, and the cowboy ruled the roost.
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