{"id":4570,"date":"2014-10-19T20:57:57","date_gmt":"2014-10-20T00:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/?p=4570"},"modified":"2023-07-02T19:56:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-02T23:56:00","slug":"deadwood-sd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.2dogsbarkin.com\/blog\/archives\/4570","title":{"rendered":"Deadwood, SD"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first time we came to South Dakota we didn\u2019t make it far enough north to reach Deadwood, so I\u2019m glad we have the time to stop now.<\/p>\n

We were completely overwhelmed with the amount of history this little town holds. You HAVE to come spend a day or two if you are a wild west \/ history buff. Dad, you so need to talk mom into coming our here. You will LOVE it!<\/p>\n

In 1876 thousands of miners descended on the area hoping to strike it rich in gold or as business owners catering to the miners.<\/p>\n

There was an informational marker depicting a bustling Main Street.<\/p>\n

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So where is all this bustling now? There wasn\u2019t even a car in sight.<\/p>\n

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Turns out they were filming \u201cThe Bachelor\u201d and had blocked off the street so they could get some film footage.<\/p>\n

Later on in the afternoon, we walked right by where they were filming and I got within a couple of feet of \u201cThe Bachelor\u201d and got a chance to say \u201cHi\u201d to him. Not nearly as thrilling as you might think. Whatever.<\/p>\n

There are two stories about Deadwood: The Legend and The Reality.<\/p>\n

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From our tour around town it seems that the seedier \u201clegend\u201d side of Deadwood is embraced by the businesses along Main St.<\/p>\n

If you look closely you can see manikin \u201cladies of the night\u201d posed in the windows.<\/p>\n

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Guns for pull handles on many business\u2019 doors.<\/p>\n

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And the exploiting of the most famous historical figure of the area: Wild Bill Hickok. The original location where Wild Bill was shot is now a gift shop.<\/p>\n

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Inside you can pay a fee to go down into the lower level and actually see where Wild Bill was shot. It was closed when we were there. Bummer.<\/p>\n

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However, there is a replica of the actual Saloon No. 10 across the street We stopped in for a beer and found it to be creepy cool.<\/p>\n

Over the bar they had replicas, perhaps, of Death Masks of some famous people. Calamity Jane and Wild Bill to name a few.<\/p>\n

Death Masks were made, back in the day, of deceased people so that they could be identified by loved ones at a later date. With no way to preserve bodies long term and when the only means of travel from town to town was by horse\u2026.well you get the picture.<\/p>\n

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Over the doorway they showcased the chair that Wild Bill was sitting in when he was killed.<\/p>\n

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I think John would have fit in the wild west as a gun slinger. What do you think?<\/p>\n

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You can\u2019t tell the story of Wild Bill and not mention his assassin Jack McCall. Here was the place where he was apprehended on Aug 2, 1876<\/p>\n

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There were lots of other cutesy kind of businesses and casinos in almost every establishment.<\/p>\n

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So what is \u201cThe Reality\u201d of Deadwood?<\/p>\n

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Chinatown? Really? Back then how did the Chinese get word of a gold rush in California, let alone the little town of Deadwood? Whoda thunk?<\/p>\n

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Well we didn\u2019t see any Chinese people around town, but that doesn\u2019t mean they weren\u2019t there somewhere.<\/p>\n

Nor did we see any evidence of Victorian gentility. We did however find the arts alive and well. We came across a woman blowing glass and stopped to watch.<\/p>\n

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And finally we were hoping for some blues music at the Deadwood Tobacco Co., to top off our evening but alas, we were too early.<\/p>\n

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So we had another beer and relaxed for a while in what might be considered a gentleman\u2019s smoking room of days gone by. There was every flavor of pipe tobacco, more cigars than I\u2019ve ever seen and lots of loose tobacco in a multitude of flavors for your cigarette rolling pleasure.<\/p>\n

South Dakota has some interesting smoking laws.<\/p>\n

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Admittedly though, the place smelled pretty good. Not like the nasty stale cigarette smoke, but it was sweet and pleasant.<\/p>\n

Another surprise was this flag hanging on the wall. Pretty cool. The flag was flown in combat over Afghanistan on board a B-1B Bomer in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, in honor of the Deadwood Tobacco Company on September 11 2014, according to the certificate, by the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron.<\/p>\n

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Yeah lots of history to explore and I\u2019ve barely touched on it. Deadwood is worth the trip for old west history buffs.<\/p>\n

Now\u2026.on to Kadoka SD so John can shoot some prairie dogs!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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