Infamous Deadwood- We Didn’t Make History Being Well Behaved
In 1876, Deadwood with its saloon girls, gambling and a whole lot of gun slinging, became the birthplace of the real Wild West. This Black Hills mining town is where Wild Bill’s luck ran out and where men and women like Seth Bullock, Calamity Jane, Poker Alice, Jack McCall, Al Swearengen, Potato Creek Johnny and more carved their legends into the history books. Browse through our history and learn the stories of the men and women that made Deadwood infamously fun.
