I grew up some 45 minutes south of Deadwood long before the casinos, before Kevin Costner, before "Deadwood" the HBO series. Deadwood was the town we drove through to go skiing at Terry Peak, the town was usually covered in snow and vacant. Not anymore, the town has been restored, revived, reinvented.
"With the discovery of gold in 1876 and Deadwood was born. A Wild West town that was once ruled by outlaws, gamblers and gunslingers. Wild Bill Hickok was one of the gunslingers who was gunned down for holding a hand of aces and eight, creating the Dead Man's Hand. Calamity Jane also spent some time in Deadwood and is buried next to Hickok." Deadwood.com
We had plans to camp the night but a strong storm came through and blew over our tent. This led to a decision to drive into Rapid City to find a hotel for the night. But before that we did get to enjoy some of the town, the architect and a few casinos.
Here is our tent before the storm on a nice grassy spot with a great view.
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