Deadwood, SD

Deadwood on When It Was is 19 addresses and the 20 businesses that have occupied them, the oldest from 1876. 14 are still open today; 6 are gone, and 4 of the buildings themselves have been demolished. Every entry below opens a page with the full history of that address, and the map lets you slide the year and watch the city change.

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Adams Museum

54 Sherman St · 1930–present

A Deadwood businessman gave the town its first museum in 1930 — and it's still city property nearly a century later.

Broken Boot Gold Mine

1200 Pioneer Way · 1878–present

Opened the same year as the gold rush itself, it barely made money on gold — its real product was fool's gold, sold for gunpowder in two wor…

Deadwood Main Street Historic District

Historic Main Street · 1876–present

A gold-rush boomtown, gutted twice by fire and left to fade, saved itself in 1989 by legalizing the very vice — gambling — that built it in …

Historic Franklin Hotel

700 Main St · 1903–present

Deadwood's first grand hotel opened in 1903 with an elevator, electric lights, and telephones — and hosted two future presidents, John Wayne…

Mount Moriah Cemetery

10 Mt Moriah Dr · 1878–present

Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, Seth Bullock, and Potato Creek Johnny all rest on this hillside overlooking the town they made famous — Hic…

Mount Roosevelt Friendship Tower

Mount Roosevelt (FS Rd 133, off US-85) · 1919–present

Deadwood's first sheriff built a stone tower on a mountain he had renamed for his best friend, the former President — and died less than thr…

Tinton (mining town)

Tinton (SD/WY state line) · 1876–1959

Tinton started as a gold camp, reinvented itself as one of the only significant tin-mining districts in U.S. history, hosted Theodore Roosev…

Days of '76 Museum & Rodeo

18 Seventy Six Drive · 1924–present

A century-old rodeo modeled on Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, held in a town famous for a poker hand — now ranked among the top five outdoor…

Deadwood, decade by decade

• 1870s
  9 opened — Saloon No. 10, Mollie Johnson's Brothel, Nuttal & Mann's Saloon No. 10, Mount Moriah Cemetery, and 5 moreSee the map in 1875 →
• 1880s
  1 opened — Wing Tsue BazaarSee the map in 1885 →
• 1890s
  2 opened — Bullock Hotel, Historic Adams HouseSee the map in 1895 →
• 1900s
  1 opened — Historic Franklin HotelSee the map in 1905 →
• 1910s
  1 opened — Mount Roosevelt Friendship TowerSee the map in 1915 →
• 1920s
  1 opened — Days of '76 Museum & RodeoSee the map in 1925 →
• 1930s
  2 opened — Old Style Saloon No. 10, Adams MuseumSee the map in 1935 →
• 1990s
  1 opened — The Midnight StarSee the map in 1995 →
• 2000s
  1 opened — Tatanka: Story of the BisonSee the map in 2005 →

Still here, and gone

By kind of place

Hotel (2)

Bullock Hotel · Historic Franklin Hotel

Saloon (2)

Nuttal & Mann's Saloon No. 10 · Old Style Saloon No. 10

Museum (2)

Adams Museum · Tatanka: Story of the Bison

Casino (2)

The Midnight Star · Homestake Slime Plant (Deadwood Mountain Grand)

Ghost Town (2)

Galena (silver camp) · Tinton (mining town)

Bar (1)

Saloon No. 10

Brothel (1)

Mollie Johnson's Brothel

Cemetery (1)

Mount Moriah Cemetery

Collections that cover Deadwood

Every place in Deadwood (19)

• Adams Museum 54 Sherman St · 1930–present
• Broken Boot Gold Mine 1200 Pioneer Way · 1878–present
• Bullock Hotel 633 Main Street · 1896–present · 2 businesses
• Days of '76 Museum & Rodeo 18 Seventy Six Drive · 1924–present
• Deadwood Main Street Historic District Historic Main Street · 1876–present
• Galena (silver camp) Galena Rd (Bear Butte Creek) · 1876–present
• Historic Adams House 22 Van Buren St · 1892–present
• Historic Franklin Hotel 700 Main St · 1903–present
• Homestake Slime Plant (Deadwood Mountain Grand) 1906 Deadwood Mountain Drive · until 1973
• Mollie Johnson's Brothel 100 Sherman Street · 1878–1883
• Mount Moriah Cemetery 10 Mt Moriah Dr · 1878–present
• Mount Roosevelt Friendship Tower Mount Roosevelt (FS Rd 133, off US-85) · 1919–present
• Nuttal & Mann's Saloon No. 10 624 Main St · 1876–1879
• Old Style Saloon No. 10 657 Main St · 1934–present
• Tatanka: Story of the Bison 100 Tatanka Drive · 2003–present
• The Gem Theatre Lower Main Street (Wall & Main) · 1877–1899
• The Midnight Star 677 Main St · 1991–present
• Tinton (mining town) Tinton (SD/WY state line) · 1876–1959
• Wing Tsue Bazaar 566 Main St · 1885–2005