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| Wild Bill sculpture and young boy circa 1950s. Photo courtesy City of Deadwood Archives. |
HISTORY ...Imagine an entire city on the National Historic Register. What you'll see in Deadwood today is a careful, accurate restoration of a historically significant city. Deadwood's extensive Victorian architecture is unique to the West. While the gold rush of 1876 brought the likes of Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane, it also provided the wealth to construct a thriving commercial center in the heart of the Black Hills of South Dakota. GAMING & HISTORIC PRESERVATION... From historic to contemporary, Deadwood's 80-plus gaming halls provide the same lively action they did over 100 years ago. By the mid-1980's, many of the City's historic buildings were dilapidated. In 1986, Deadwood citizens formed the "Deadwood U Bet" organization and advocated legalized limited stakes gaming to increase tourism and generate historic preservation funds. Legalized gaming in Deadwood began on November 1, 1989. Gaming over the past fourteen years has revitalized Deadwood's tourism industry and provided significant funds for city government activities and historic preservation. Significant City infrastructure improvements have been made in a short time frame, and today Deadwood is the largest historic restoration project in the United States. COMMUNITY INFORMATION Temporary Vendors License Application Check out the City of Deadwood Historic Preservation Century Awards webpage.
Forms for the Deadwood Hall of Fame and the Cemetery Headstone Grants
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