The etching on this sign from 1884 shows Deadwood from White Rocks atop Mount Moriah. Several Main Street buildings on the right side of the etching still stand, including the Star & Bullock Hardware Warehouse, the Bodega and the Phoenix Block.

Whitewood Creek can be seen running under several bridges connecting Main and Sherman streets. Today, Whitewood Creek still flows through Deadwood, but it runs unseen beneath U.S. Highway 85/14A. Main Street, however, looks largely the same as it did in 1902.

The city’s golden age of architecture was 1890 to 1920. As you continue your walking tour, see what else has changed — and what hasn’t —since Deadwood’s founding more than 135 years ago.

Just down Main Street, on the stone wall at the base of Lead-Deadwood Elementary School is interpretive sign No. 7.