Deadwood

With the signing of the Fort Laramie Treaty, the US Government gave ownership of the Black Hills in what is now South Dakota to the Lakota Sioux nation. However, when two prospectors who were part of Custer's expedition to the ...

National Historic Landmark-Deadwood Historic District

National Historic Landmark- Deadwood Historic District

The site of a rich gold strike in 1875, Deadwood retains its mining town atmosphere. Many original buildings remain.

While Deadwood is one of the most highly publicized mining towns of the trans-Mississippi West, much of ...

Jewish American Pioneers and Deadwood

Jewish American pioneers significantly contributed to the commercial development and establishment of responsible government in Deadwood. Gritty Jewish Westerners, such as Sol Star, arrived with his business partner Seth Bullock in the midst of the Gold Rush in 1876. The ...

Deadwood Changing -- 1884 1902 and Now

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.

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Deadwood City 1876

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 ...

Preacher Smith of Deadwood Gulch

"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 1862 ...

Second Deadwood Gold Discovery

Near this point in 1875 occurred the second of two initial gold discoveries in the Deadwood area. It was made by the Lardner party of eight prospectors, steered here by John B. Pearson, a man already familiar with Deadwood Gulch. ...

Cheyenne – Deadwood Trail

Beaver Creek Station – Hank Masons Grave

The Cheyenne-Deadwood Trail, a heritage precious to state and nation, was used by gold seekers and Black Hills emigrants from 1876 to 1887. Crossing U. S. Highway 16 at this point, it followed Stockade ...

Pioneers of Deadwood

Native Sons of the Golden West are proud to donate this plaque to commemorate the

Pioneers of Deadwood

Placer County,

California

Those gold seekers developed a mining community here along the El Dorado Trail which also served such other early ...