Deadwood Walking Tour Tour Leader: David Wolff June 6, 2018
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Main Street, Deadwood, is once again home to gambling and saloons.With mining in decline, casinos appeared in 1989.
Many of the facades of historic buildings have been preserved or recreated.Behind the scenes the casinos cater to modern customers hoping to strike it rich.
The sign tells it all.Wild Bill was shot down the street.
More historic facades along Main Street.
Another “interesting” establishment.
Tootsie the Singing Coyote adorns the roof at the site of The Spot liquor store.The coyote is the mascot of South Dakota University in Vermillion.
(Above) The historic Bullock Hotel was built in 1895 with fireproof brick construction. In 1879, downtown Deadwood was destroyed by fire.
(Above, right) Iron fireproof shutters were installed on the Bullock Hotel.
(Right) MHAers seek a bit of shade while David Wolff tells the tales of the Bullock Hotel.
At the intersection of Main and Wall Streets stands the historic Fairmount Hotel.It now offers ghost tours.Care to meet an old guest?
And right next door is the façade of another historic saloon. What else?
Retracing our steps, we arrive back at the Franklin Hotel on the way to the HARCC.Is anybody ready for a stop in one of the historic watering spots?
There is just one more stop, at the Wild Bill Hickock monument.It is carved from the same granite as the Crazy Horse Memorial in the southern Black Hills.Hickock is buried in the Mt. Moriah Cemetery on the slope and across the creek at the rear.
(Photos Courtesy of Henry Djerlev, Johnny Johnson, Mark Langenfeld, and Bob Spude.
