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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXI5_riches-from-mud_Deadwood-SD.html
Gold had to be removed from the ore (rock) brought out of the mine. Milling processes crushed the ore to the size of sand. Mercury, cyanide or heat then isolated the gold particles. Deadwood Gulch mill men used several methods, including stamp/ama…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXI4_gold-in-the-gulch_Deadwood-SD.html
Placer miners first looked for gold among the gravel and sand in the creek bottoms, such as the one near you. If panning was productive, a group of miners would build a sluice to wash gold from the gravel.[Illustration captions, left to right:]Lib…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXI3_gold-discovery-in-the-great-sioux-reservation_Deadwood-SD.html
Gold sparkled in the prospector's pan - the first discovery of the mineral in Deadwood Gulch. Exactly who the prospector was — or the date and place of the discovery - is open to question. It is generally agreed that the Frank Bryant party f…
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…