City Of Deadwood

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address:102 Sherman Street  Deadwood, SD 57732 phone:605-578-2600 website:City Of Deadwood

Deadwood was established in 1876 during the Black Hills gold rush. In 1875, a miner named John B. Pearson found gold in a narrow canyon in the Northern Black Hills. This canyon became known as "Deadwood Gulch," because of the many dead trees that lined the canyon walls at the time.