Potato Creek Johnny
Sometimes we find a person who is not so much an icon but a caricature of a place,...
Deadwood
Preacher Smith of Deadwood : Henry Weston Smith
Historical Black Hills characters, both factual and fictional, have taken center stage in the successful HBO series “Deadwood.”...
Boots, Bulls and Barrels: Rodeo in the Black Hills
Rodeo is so popular in South Dakota it was named the official state sport in 2003. Rodeo competitions...
Gem Theatre in Deadwood
Vile, crude, bawdy, crowded, entertaining, and profitable – all terms which were used at one time or another...
Historic Preservation in Deadwood
While it is true that miners founded Deadwood, it was skilled hands with wood, stone, and brick that built this interesting...
Chinese Influence in Early Deadwood
When you think of the early days of Deadwood, what group comes immediately to your mind—miners, gamblers, prostitutes—others...
W.E. Adams
W.E. Adams was born to parents James Windsor and Sarah Ann (Prettyman) Adams in Michigan on May 13,...
The Thoen Stone
While the Custer Expedition of 1874 confirmed the presence of gold and shared the finding with the world, there are...
The Story of Deadwood
Few frontier towns conjure up romantic, rough-and-tumble Old West images like Deadwood. The discovery of gold in French...
Charles Badger Clark, Jr.
Badger Clark, poet, lecturer, and traveler, was South Dakota’s Poet Laureate for twenty years. Born in Iowa, Clark...