Deadwood in 1877 (Eyewitness Account)

Deadwood is famous for a lot of reasons: the death of Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, Al Swearengen, Seth Bullock, and a successful series on HBO, to name but a few. But what was Deadwood like for the average person who visited it? How did it feel to be in the gold mining camp of Deadwood in the 1870s? In this video we discuss a newspaperman who visited Deadwood in 1877, who he met, what was the news there, and what the town was really like.

[@legacyofthewest]

This is a reupload, I made a couple of mistakes and I corrected them and now have the video back up.

[@spirit1259]

I enjoy gold mining history no end, as an old underground miner living and working in towns that had remained unchanged since the late 1800s, in the late 1900s of the Kalgoorlie Gold fields of Western Australia, "one local book you may be interested in, if it can be found" (Two fevers gold and typhoid) which tells a fascinating history of the Kalgoorlie gold fields 💫🙏💞

[@legacyofthewest]

Interesting!@@spirit1259

[@richardjack4827]

As dirty rough and dangerous life was back in those days I still say I missed my time. I find myself looking back through these videos with such a longing as though they were calling to me.

[@yayayaokoksure]

Makes me want to rewatch the Deadwood series.

[@ACE-sx8mo]

Me too, for the third time.

[@TheJoeml85]

Wish the directors would of agreed on shit that’s why they canceled it 🙈

[@Cruiser777]

Yeah, I love that old Western stuff. I live 35 miles from Tombstone. love the history.

[@reneethornton9228]

WOW! How often do you visit Tombstone? I hope to visit again in about two years. I just can’t get enough of that good old Wild Wild West era. Love 💕 it.

[@Cruiser777]

@reneethornton9228 I go about three times a month when they have a lot of Events . Like wyatt earp day and so on

[@reneethornton9228]

@@Cruiser777 oh my gosh Wyatt Earp Day, I must come for that. Perhaps next year.

[@TheJoeml85]

Woulda been sweet living back then in a way haha

[@Cruiser777]

@TheJoeml85 Yeah, that was a hard life, though, but I think there was a lot more freedom back then.

[@reneethornton9228]

One of the interesting parts of this story to me was how the business owners had a separate place to put their goods in case of a fire. Thanks for bringing us more history from the best and most fascinating era to me. Keep them coming. Love 💕 it.

[@legacyofthewest]

Thanks Renee!

[@ReservoirPunk]

We are blessed to get this content, very fascinating stuff! Thanks again!

[@charlescomly1]

Well done sir, i appreciate your work, thank you.

[@JustAllinOneResource]

Cool, and thank You. Liked, and shared.

[@legacyofthewest]

Thanks for your support!

[@elainebrown874]

Thank you for sharing this history. So much information. 👍🏻

[@ConfusedCentaur-ip5eg]

I live in the black hills and my dad was born in Deadwood he thinks that is the coolest place ever

[@ConfusedCentaur-ip5eg]

Also not to flex, but my grandfather and his brothers all worked at homesteak gold mine 2 of my uncles retired from there

[@TheJoeml85]

Probably pretty haunted haha

[@mistervacation23]

That's an interesting photo of Deadwood. Did that clock on the building even work, if so how, did they have electricity in 1877 there?

[@ninevoltromeo]

if it did work, I'm guessing it would have been mechanical and would have had to be wound after a certain period of time.

[@zoltanz288]

jeezus you dont even know that clocks existed before electricity? wow. truly unbelievable.

[@mistervacation23]

@@zoltanz288 sure I did I just never seen an outdoor clock before

[@mechanicman8687]

Thanks!!

[@Richard-m8s3s]

Swell story you read ! ❤👂. Thank you for ALL!!! you do !! . - 2/1/2024 🤠🐴🐎 Canada

[@matthewberkowitz9699]

Love the video… photos and narration reminded me of the old PBS…. Well done!

[@legacyofthewest]

Thanks!

[@fredcloud9668]

I really enjoy these.

[@ScooterFarts]

The story of Deadwood should begin with how it was protected lands of the Lakota. Illegal "settlers" streamed in gradually violating the governments treaty that had been honored by the native tribes. Upon discovery of gold, the government made a small petty offer to buy the land...which was refused as it held the sacred Black Hills. This broken treaty led to the hostilities and events that would see the Indian War & near erradiction of plains and other tribes. Including the battle at Little Bighorn.

[@stevehudson7429]

🙄

[@travishendrix7026]

Yes sir. To not acknowledge this is a terrible oversight.

[@usaturnuranus]

Agreed.

[@ons-psi-gs]

It was once known as the Yucatán Peninsula, then turned to Redwood, but it was also known by Rustwood 1946

[@nightspore4850]

Interesting. The photographs puzzle me, however, because the subjects seem genuinely of the era but the lenses are suspiciously sharp and the shutter speeds suspiciously fast. Usually cameras of that time required long shutter speeds which caused any motion to blur, and I have never seen such old lenses capable of that degree of clarity.

[@legacyofthewest]

I've seen a lot of variation in 19th century photographs. You might find this one interesting, taken in 1873 in Hays, KS, the soldiers are Sumner and Welsh, killed by David Roberts. One reason the photo is so clear is that The Church of Latter Day Saints has the original glass negatives and so were able to scan it in a high resolution. (Btw the description on their website is incorrect). This same photo is shown on the Kansas State Historical Society website (the second link provided) but looks much worse, probably because it was scanned at a lower resolution or is a copy of a copy: catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/assets/34b146b6-47a3-4590-bd2f-a551664273f7/0/0?lang=eng www.kshs.org/index.php?url=km/items/view/25075

[@nightspore4850]

@@legacyofthewest Thanks for this. You’re right-there is quite a difference between the two.

[@anitapotts9630]

Covering the pictures with the big bold faced words... Pretty annoying!

[@unclebones2488]

Kevin Costner & his Hollywood cronies ruined Deadwood after Dances with Wolves bought up a bunch of historic buildings tore them down& built las vegas type casinos what a pos / 2 of my favorite cat houses gone forever

[@shannon_w.]

No way!!! Are you serious?? I can't believe they were allowed to ruin pieces of history 😠

[@TheJoeml85]

Why would they do that?

[@ons-psi-gs]

It was once known as the Yucatán Peninsula, then turned to Redwood, but it was also known by Rustwood 1946 let me let you know a little secret time travel chronoscope we can make chronological movies now, huh?

[@ianmangham4570]

I miss those days 😪

[@bigal3364]

Gayville should have been in frisco

[@DukeRaul]

😁👉😆😆😆😆😆

[@hereitis.2587]

Stealing the miner workers money is just gross. These are not gentlemen no matter their riches. They certainly learned nothing at church.

[@bigiron8831]

FIRST NATION FOREVER ✊ R.I.P. CRAZY HORSE

[@annemaria5126]

Might the nickname 'Yankee' be derived from 'Yankton' (Yanktown)?

[@tr7b410]

Actually there was uranium in them thar black hills.

[@legacyofthewest]

Well, I don't know, but I've been told Uranium ore's worth more than gold

[@antonioandolini6466]

Well, the topic is fascinating,.....the monotone narration, however,....

[@spirit1259]

Yeehaw🤠

[@kennethrobertson1201]

Do you want to see You ought to see deadwood today, if you are not a gambler, not worth even stopping to see, big disappointment from when we were there 10 years ago

[@nitdiver5]

What the gun you carry says about you

[@Fireworxs2012]

*Deadwood should translate into "We Stole This Shit From The Indians"*

[@fatdoctor007]

"...his father had RUN [NOT "RAN"}....). Must be a product of Amreican public schools; people in other countries speaking English never do this as they seem to know and use proper verb conjegation.

[@legacyofthewest]

*American, *conjugation

[@bradphillips6081]

Sounds sounds made up

[@gregusmc2868]

Fascinating video. As an historian, primary source documents are always the best. Thanks for posting. 🫡👍🏼