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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29CS_christ-episcopal-church-and-grier-statue_Lead-SD.html
Lead's Episcopal congregation selected a site for a new church in July of 1896 and work was begun immediately. The Lead Call noted, "A more central and easily accessible location could not have been decided upon and when finished, Christ's Episcop…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29CR_chinatown_Deadwood-SD.html
Although the Chinatowns of New York, San Francisco and Chicago are more well-known, these ethnic enclaves weren't exclusive to America's urban centers. There were many Chinatowns in Western boomtowns, including one right here on Deadwood's Lower M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29B8_sweatman-art-memorial-finnish-lutheran-church_Lead-SD.html
This former Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church was built in 1889 by John Neimi and John Saari, and was located on Lot 11 East Main Street. It is significant as the only remaining institutional building which marks the history of the Finns in Lea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29B2_united-states-post-office_Lead-SD.html
Lead's Post Office, which had been located in the Hearst Mercantile Building on North Mill Street since 1897, moved into this imposing structure in 1912. Congress had appropriated money for the new post office several years earlier, but there …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24WQ_ray-davis-and-the-homestake-experiment_Lead-SD.html
This "ring" is a surviving section of the 100,000-gallon cylindrical tank that Dr. Ray Davis installed at Homestake Mine's 4850 Level in 1965. For three decades, his neutrino experiment at Homestake opened up new windows into the workings of the u…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23WP_civilian-conservation-corps-camp_Lead-SD.html
Camp F-18 Savoy: located 2 mi W on FH222 at Rod & Gun Camp Companies: 756 — 5/2/34 -10/15/34; 792 — 5/15/35 - 10/17/35; 792 — October 1940 - July 1941; summer 1941? The Civilian Conservation Corps was a federal relief …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QTR_original-site-of-saloon-no-10_Deadwood-SD.html
Site of capture of the assassin Jack McCall who shot "Wild Bill" Hickok Aug 2, 1876
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CRQ_martha-jane-burke_Deadwood-SD.html
Born - May 1, 1852Princeton, MissouriDied - August 1, 1903Terry, South DakotaHer Dying Request"Bury me beside Wild Bill"
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXJ6_civic-stability_Deadwood-SD.html
Deadwood erected two monuments to order and permanence in the early 1900s. The federal building open in 1907, and activities in the county courthouse started the next year.In its early gold rush days, Deadwood had been a wild, raucous mining camp …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXJ5_chinese-immigrants_Deadwood-SD.html
Chinese Immigrants came to Deadwood to make their fortune. After burial in Mt. Moriah, with appropriate ceremonies, the remains were removed for reburial in their home village in China. Not more than two bodies remain in the Chinese Section.
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