CALENDAR OF EVENTS July – September, 2021 July 9: History on the Lawn: The Ghost Town of Tinton, South Dakota – Established in 1903, the town of Tinton, South Dakota, now sits abandoned and alone in the last untouched area of the Northern Hills. During its fifty years...
Driving down a gravel road east of Belle Fourche while out taking photos, I came across some Dung Beetles rolling dung across the road. I stopped and took a video and a photo. I helped the pair across the road so they wouldn't get run over. Benefits of Dung Beetle...
State Honoree Jordan Phillips, 16, of Aberdeen Jordan Phillips, 16, of Aberdeen, a junior at Aberdeen Central High School, has raised more than $110,000 to support women with breast cancer by sewing and selling fabric coffee-cup sleeves known as “cozys.” Jordan’s...
State Honorees Eleanor Abraham Brookings, South Dakota Eleanor Abraham, 18, of Brookings, South Dakota, a senior at Brookings High School, founded and chairs a community service committee at her church that has conducted monthly projects included raising money to...
CALENDAR OF EVENTS January – March 2021 The health and safety of our staff, community, and event attendees is our highest priority. Deadwood History, Inc. (DHI) will continue to monitor the spread of COVID-19 and make adjustments to meet the needs and circumstances...
Thank you to Remembering The Old West https://www.facebook.com/RememberTheWest for this story. On July 20th this day in history 1881, Sitting Bull surrenders. Five years after General George A. Custer’s infamous defeat at the Battle of Little Bighorn, Hunkpapa Teton...
Thank you to Remembering The Old West https://www.facebook.com/RememberTheWest for this story. For Red Cloud, protecting the land "where the buffalo roam" was life-sustaining for his Oglala Lakota Sioux tribe, as these majestic animals provided essential food,...
Thank you to Remembering The Old West https://www.facebook.com/RememberTheWest for this story. John C. H. Grabill (1849 - Aug. 23, 1903) John C. H. Grabill was born at Donnelsville, Ohio in 1849, the youngest son of David Grabill, a...
Thank you to Remembering The Old West https://www.facebook.com/RememberTheWest for this story. The Battle of Slim Buttes was fought in Harding County, South Dakota between the Sioux and the United States Army on September 9 and...
Thank you to Remembering The Old West https://www.facebook.com/RememberTheWest for this story. Seth Bullock was a frontiersman, business proprietor, politician, sheriff, and U.S. Marshal who made a name for himself in Deadwood,...
