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Deadwood, South Dakota

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During our ambitious Wyoming, South Dakota, Nebraska road trip in July we stopped for an overnight in Deadwood, South Dakota, a historic Wild West town which attracted legendary figures like Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane.

A lot of the town is preserved as a Wild West style town and you get the feel of stepping back in the American West history when you visit.

John loves Bourbon/Whisky Tasting and we stopped at one of the many Whiskey establishments in Deadwood for a tasting.

I had to include some of the signs that made us laugh related to whiskey drinking!

Several times a day on the main street they have a recreation of the Wild West shootout with a couple of gunslingers!

If you don’t appreciate Wild West culture this would not be the place to visit, because it is over the top at Deadwood!

John and I had fun wandering around the endless gift shops/”tourist traps” and just had to take photos with a huge Sasquatch/Yeti/Bigfoot (where you are in the U.S. determines what you call this legendary creature):

John likes to play poker so he did spend the later part of the evening playing poker at one of the Wild West saloons (nope he didn’t win enough money to pay for our trip, ha!) while I relaxed in our hotel room working on my sunflower granny squares.

Here is a listing of the other posts to date about our ambitious trip and I think I have another post or so to come about it:

Carhenge 

A Wander About Downtown Rapid City, SD 

Badlands and Wind Cave National Parks 

Mt. Rushmore National Park, Believe the Hype 

Crazy Horse Memorial 

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14 thoughts on “Deadwood, South Dakota”

  1. I love your travel posts. Always so much to read about and lovely photos. I’m chuckling at the name Deadwood . . . what a name, eh? And oooooohhh love the photos of you and John with Bigfoot. That’s Harry, isn’t it? from the film Harry & Hendersons – one of my all-time favourites.

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  2. oh how fun to travel along with you two – and really liked the pics with the Yeti (interesting how the name changes with geo)
    also, I can totally feel that wild west culture – and loved all your people shots too – those are someof my favs because they are one of kind as people are moving, sitting, or just in action and that adds something special

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  3. It certainly gets into the spirit of the Wild West, doesn’t it? I noticed there was even a Gunslinger Saloon! And those whiskey signs made me smile! Thanks for taking me along 😊

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