Deadwood, South Dakota

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Deadwood

Fair
Temperature: 48.0 °F

Humidity: N/A %
Wind Speed: 1 mph SE
Pressure: 29.71 "

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Gusts: 9 mph SSE
Rain Today: 0.00 "

• December is Food Drive Month, receive reduced admission at the Adams
  

  December is food drive month at the Lord's Cupboard food pantry in Lead. Bring a can of food to the Historic Adams House anytime during the month of December and receive $1 off the price of admission.

• Weather, meal combine to expand ranks of 'thankful'
  

  The ranks of the thankful grew Thursday in downtown Deadwood at the Bullock Hotel's 11th annual free Thanksgiving Day Dinner.

• Shea trust disburses nearly $12,000
  

  The former longtime owners of a Deadwood hardware store have awarded nearly $12,000 this year to community organizations and people in need.

• Capitol Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony Nov. 25
  

  Office of the Governor 500 E. Capitol Ave. Pierre, SD 57501 773-3212 www.state.sd.us FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE : Monday, November 24, 2008 CONTACT : Mitch Krebs or Roxy Everson, 773-3212 The 54-foot Black Hills ...

• Snow removal costs heavy
  

  Siouxland's Own Spiritual Soldiers William Booth began the Salvation Army in in London in July 1865.

• Smoking out smokers in KOTA Territory bars
  

  It's the 32nd annual Great American Smokeout. As organizers encourage people to give up tobacco, tobacco-free advocates push a smoking bans in South Dakota bars, restaurants and casinos.

• Tournament Trail Q and A -- Keone Young
  

  The HBO show Deadwood portrays the American West in the Black Hills of Deadwood, South Dakota before the end of the nineteenth century.

• Phillips named 2008 Health Educator of the Year
  

  Lead-Deadwood Elementary Physical Education teacher Jim Phillips was recently named Kindergarten through 12 Health Educator of the Year by the South Dakota Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation ...

• Highway funds depleted
  

  As people drive less and buy fuel-efficient cars, the gas tax doesn't generate as much money.

• Woman pleads guilty to school theft
  

  The Degroots live on a third generation apple orchard. Growing the fruit is hard labor, but it's also a labor of love.

• Deadwood seeks historic grant projects
  

  Communities with historic-preservation-related projects have until Jan. 2 to apply for grants from the Deadwood Historic Preservation Commission.

• Lead-Deadwood students thank veterans
  

  Tuesday marked a day of thanks to America's veterans and servicemen and women, with Veterans Day festivities in the area.

• All SD No-Travel Advisories Lifted
  

  All no-travel advisories in western South Dakota have been lifted. US14A from Sturgis to Deadwood remains closed until Department of Transportation crews can complete snow removal operations in Boulder Canyon.

• US85 Closure
  

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• Deadwood, S.D., plays winning hand
  

  Ron Osban, of Manderson, Wyo., plays the slots at the casino in the Celebrity Hotel in Deadwood, S.D. Customers have wagered nearly $12 billion in Deadwood since gambling was introduced 20 years ago and have ...

• Blizzard blasts western South Dakota
  

  High wind pushed tons of early November snow into huge drifts in portions of western South Dakota as a blizzard continued an eastern trek on Thursday.

• Is a Smoking Ban in SD's Future?
  

  Many strides have been made in South Dakota to ban smoking in public places. In 2002 it became illegal to smoke in all public buildings and workplaces except for businesses with beer, wine or liquor licenses.

• Blizzard blasts Dakotas; parts of I-90 closed
  

  The season's first major blizzard pounded the Dakotas and parts of Wyoming and Nebraska Thursday with wind gusts approaching 80 mph.

City Description

Deadwood, named for the dead trees found in its gulch, is a city in and the county seat of Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 1,380 at the 2000 census. The city includes the Deadwood Historic District, a National Historic Landmark District, whose borders may be the city limits. Deadwood started off illegally, as its location was, at the beginning of its history, part of Native American territory. The Treaty of Laramie of 1868 had guaranteed ownership of the Black Hills to the Lakota people. However, in 1874, Colonel George Armstrong Custer led an expedition into the Hills and announced the discovery of gold on French Creek near present-day Custer, South Dakota. Custer's announcement triggered the Black Hills Gold Rush and gave rise to the lawless town of Deadwood, which quickly reached a population of around 5,000. In early 1876, frontiersman Charlie Utter and his brother Steve led a wagon train to Deadwood containing what were deemed to be needed commodities to bolster business, including gamblers and prostitutes, which proved to be a profitable venture. Demand for women was high, and the business of prostitution proved to be a good market. Madam Dora

City Contained By:

• Lawrence County
• South Dakota

Timezones:

• Mountain Time Zone

Size:

• 9.84195481928 km squared

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