Deadwood (Lakota: Owáyasuta;[failed verification] "To approve or confirm things") is a city that serves as county seat of Lawrence County, South Dakota...
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set in the 1870s in Deadwood, South Dakota, before and after the area's annexation by the Dakota Territory, and charts Deadwood's growth from camp to...
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Mount Moriah Cemetery on Mount Moriah in Deadwood, South Dakota, is the burial place of Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, Seth Bullock and other notable...
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Chinatown was a historic ethnic enclave in Deadwood, located in Lawrence County in the U.S. state of South Dakota. It became the largest Chinatown of any...
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British Columbia Deadwood, California (disambiguation), several communities Deadwood, Oregon Deadwood, South Dakota Deadwood, Texas Deadwood Draw, on the...
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A. W. Merrick (category People from Dakota Territory)
was an American journalist who published the first newspaper in Deadwood, South Dakota, the Black Hills Weekly Pioneer, along with W. A. Laughlin. The...
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near Deadwood, South Dakota which was operated by the artist himself, until it too closed after financial difficulties. Some of the South Dakota busts...
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Dora DuFran (category People from Deadwood, South Dakota)
the leading and most successful madams in the Old West days of Deadwood, South Dakota. DuFran was born in Liverpool, England and emigrated to the United...
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Sol Star (category People from Deadwood, South Dakota)
businessman and politician notable as an early resident of the town of Deadwood, South Dakota. Star was born in Bavaria, Germany, to Jewish parents. When he was...
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was the original "Deadwood Dick" who, at the age of 17 (c. 1879) went west from Springfield, Illinois, to Deadwood, South Dakota, where he made his fortune...
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Seth Bullock (category People from Deadwood, South Dakota)
politician, sheriff, and U.S. Marshal. He was a prominent citizen in Deadwood, South Dakota, where he lived from 1876 until his death, operating a hardware...
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Boot Hill (section Deadwood, South Dakota)
becoming famous, such as Dodge City, Kansas, Tombstone, Arizona, and Deadwood, South Dakota. The most notable use of the name "Boot Hill" is at the Boothill...
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John J. Manning (category People from Deadwood, South Dakota)
citizen in Deadwood, South Dakota from his arrival in 1876 to his death. Manning was the first elected sheriff of Lawrence County, Dakota Territory which...
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Al Swearengen (category People from Deadwood, South Dakota)
entertainment entrepreneur who ran the Gem Theater, a notorious brothel, in Deadwood, South Dakota, for 22 years during the late 19th century. Swearengen (sometimes...
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Charlie Utter (category People from Deadwood, South Dakota)
from Georgetown, Colorado, to the burgeoning town of Deadwood in the Black Hills of the Dakota Territory, where the recent discovery of gold had sparked...
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Henry Weston Smith (category People from Deadwood, South Dakota)
August 20, 1876) was an American preacher and early resident of Deadwood, South Dakota. Unlike most of the residents of the time, he was not interested...
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Martha Bullock (category People from Deadwood, South Dakota)
the wife of Seth Bullock, one of the leading citizens in early Deadwood, South Dakota. She and Bullock were married in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1874....
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E. B. Farnum (category People from Deadwood, South Dakota)
(November 10, 1826 – after 1900) was one of the first residents of Deadwood (then in the Dakota Territory) who was not a miner or prospector; he was the owner...
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Bullock Hotel (category Buildings and structures in Deadwood, South Dakota)
of Wall Street and Main Street in Deadwood, South Dakota. It was built by Seth Bullock, an early sheriff of Deadwood, and his business partner Sol Star...
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Gem Theater (category Buildings and structures in Deadwood, South Dakota)
The Gem Theater was a saloon in Deadwood, South Dakota, owned by Al Swearengen. Swearengen opened the Gem Variety Theater on April 7, 1877 at the corners...
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Samuel Fields (category People from Deadwood, South Dakota)
active participant in the African-American community of Deadwood, South Dakota. Fields moved to Deadwood around 1876 to seek his fortune. He claimed to have...
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Grabill had studios in Buena Vista, Colorado, Sturgis, Deadwood, Lead City and Hot Springs, South Dakota and Chicago, Illinois. He was the official photographer...
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Wild Bill Hickok (category People from Deadwood, South Dakota)
shot and killed while playing poker in a saloon in Deadwood, Dakota Territory (present-day South Dakota) by Jack McCall, an unsuccessful gambler. The hand...
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Bella Union Saloon (category Buildings and structures in Deadwood, South Dakota)
was a saloon and theater that opened on September 10, 1876, in Deadwood, South Dakota. The proprietor was Tom Miller, an aggressive businessman who would...
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Old Style Saloon No. 10 (category Buildings and structures in Deadwood, South Dakota)
The Old Style Saloon No. 10 is located in Deadwood, South Dakota, United States. The original location is best known as the site where the American Old...
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Calamity Jane (category People from Deadwood, South Dakota)
Valentine McGillycuddy. In 1876, Calamity Jane settled in the area of Deadwood, South Dakota, in the Black Hills. There she became friends with Dora DuFran,...
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Nuttal & Mann's (category Buildings and structures in Deadwood, South Dakota)
Nuttal & Mann's was a saloon located in Deadwood, southern Dakota Territory, North America. It was noted for being the death-place of James Butler "Wild...
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Garrett, Spearfish, South Dakota 1995 Marvin Garrett, Belle Fourche, South Dakota 1994 Marvin Garrett, Belle Fourche, South Dakota 1993 Deb Greenough,...
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Deadwood, a Western drama television series created by David Milch, premiered on the premium television channel HBO in the United States on March 21, 2004...
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Wyatt Earp (category People from Deadwood, South Dakota)
1929) was an American lawman in the American West, including Dodge City, Deadwood, and Tombstone. Earp was involved in the gunfight at the O.K. Corral, during...
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