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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUIJ_preacher-smith-of-deadwood-gulch_Lead-SD.html
"Deadwood's Sky Pilot." Henry Weston Smith, was born in Ellington, Connecticut, January 110, 1828. At 23 he became a Methodist exhorter. This led to ordination in the Methodist Episcopal church and he served various communities in New England. In …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUIG_james-butler-hickok_Deadwood-SD.html
Alias "Wild Bill"Born - May 27, 1837Troy Grove, IllinoisDied - August 2, 1876Deadwood, Dakota TerritoryVictim of theAssassin Jack McCall
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUI5_ride-high-t-c-ride-high_Deadwood-SD.html
Travis Calvin Holloway began his career as a professional cowboy in the family's living room near Eagle Butte, South Dakota, where he rode his first bucking horse - his brother Chuck. When Chuck would no longer unseat his younger sibling, their fa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOT5_multiple-purpose-management-in-action_Deadwood-SD.html
This young Ponderosa Pine forest was thinned by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1935 to improve the growth of the remaining trees[.] The first commercial harvest was made in 1959 when the area was thinned again for posts and poles. From now on …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOSP_the-presidential-district_Deadwood-SD.html
As South Deadwood expanded along Sherman Street in early 1876, log cabins and small frame houses appeared on the hillsides above the mining camp. A cemetery was quickly established on a hill deemed too far away from town to ever be developed. Soon…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOH8_deadwood-changing-1884-1902-and-now_Deadwood-SD.html
Note the sites of the county courthouse, the federal building, the depot, the slime plant, and the school. The buildings on Main Street also changed character. Whitewood Creek was partly channelized in 1884, and is covered by a highway today.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOH7_generations-of-change_Deadwood-SD.html
Within twenty years Deadwood changed from mining camp to prosperous Victorian city. Deadwood survived several floods and fires, each time replacing the destroyed wood-framed buildings with stone and brick. The town acquired some modern technolo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOH6_serving-the-black-hills_Deadwood-SD.html
Although Deadwood was in a mining district, it didn't remain a mining town. Instead, it became the service center for the Northern Black Hills. Regional residents came to Deadwood for their legal, financial, wholesale, retail and entertainment nee…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOFH_deadwood-city-1876_Deadwood-SD.html
Thousands of people suddenly burst into Deadwood Gulch in 1876. Some came to try their luck at mining, while others hoped to strike it rich with supply stores, restaurants, and saloons. "Six weeks ago the site of Deadwood City was a heavy fores…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOFE_the-badlands_Deadwood-SD.html
The "badlands," the lower end of Main Street in front of you, earned its reputation through its saloons, brothels, theaters, gambling halls, and opium houses, which provided rowdy entertainment for the largely male population. Out of this district…
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