Deadwood - National Register of Historic Places
Deadwood: An Entire American City Named a National Historic Landmark!
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. The name stuck, and, over 125
years later, the U.S. 2000 Census cites Deadwood's population as 1,380; and the
town sits some 4,533 feet above sea level. Given its colorful, violent, and
lawless beginnings, few could have imagined that Deadwood would someday serve as
the county seat for Lawrence County, as it does today.
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