Historic Deadwood Walking Tour
1. Architecture of Unique Building Complex
The former Slime Plant finds a new role.
10. Ride High, T.C., Ride High
A promising rodeo career cut tragically short.
11. Deadwood City 1876
A town grows with the gold rush.
12. Jewish American Pioneers and Deadwood
Unheralded heroes of the American West.
13. The Badlands
Saloons, brothels and gaming halls — where the legends made their names.
14. The Fire of 1879
Disaster strikes Deadwood more than once.
15. The Great Flood
Whitewood Creek overflows and partially destroys Deadwood.
16. Sherman Street and the East Side
Deadwood’s “other” Main Street.
17. Civic Stability
A community matures, supporting law and order.
2. Riches from Mud
Gold mining becomes industrialized