Deadwood History – Wild West | Black Hills, South Dakota

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History of the Real Deadwood, South Dakota. The discovery of gold in the southern Black Hills in 1874 set off one of the great gold rushes in America. In 1876, miners moved into the northern Black Hills. That’s where they came across a gulch full of dead trees …

Deadwood, South Dakota - Wikipedia

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9 Top-Rated Attractions & Things to Do in Deadwood, SD

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Historic Main Street. Lined with shops, signs, and historical points of interest, …

Historic Deadwood - History, Gaming | Black Hills, South …

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Located in the Black Hills National Forest, Deadwood is where you can play all day and all night. Enjoy the outdoor adventures, hikes, mountain bike rides and ATV trails of the Black Hills by day and the casinos and bars of …

20 Events and People of the Real Deadwood, South Dakota

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Deadwood was named for the dead trees found in the gulch in which the illegal settlement began in the 1870s. The Black Hills had been set aside as the land of the Lakota people, but when gold was …

The Disturbing True Stories That Inspired Deadwood

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Part of the appeal of Deadwood was the idea of telling a raw, profanity-laden story without idealization, and that goes for the drug use and addiction of some of the town's residents. That was very …

Mount Moriah Cemetery (South Dakota) - Wikipedia

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Deadwood was home to a sizable number of Chinese that settled into the area during the gold rush, with an estimated 400 living in the city proper. The first recorded Chinese …