Deadwood, South Dakota History

A 30-minute documentary about how transportation has evolved in the Black Hills and surrounding area.

Video describing the rise of rail transportation in the Black Hills.

Diary entries describe a rough passage to Deadwood in 1878.

How a depression-era gold miner found a large gold nugget and fame Deadwood.

A 30-minute SDPB documentary about an annual community celebration going strong since 1924.

Seth Bullock was perhaps the most influential man of his time in the Black Hills and western South Dakota.

In Deadwood, Wild Bill is probably better known for being dead than alive. Hickok lived there for only a month but his grave has been a local tourist attraction for decades.

Nat Love, alias Deadwood Dick, roped wild mustangs, dodged buffalo stampedes, wrote florid prose in his pursuit of the American dream.