have you ever watched the show Deadwood on HBO it is this wonderful show about a
Wild West Town in South Dakota well did you know there really is a Deadwood
South Dakota and Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane really did come to that
town today I'm Colorado martini living
so I'm standing above Deadwood South Dakota right now so just on the other
side of this Ridge is the Old West town that still exists down in Deadwood Gulch
I'm at the lodge Hotel and Casino right above Deadwood it's this marvelous
hotel that we've stayed the last four days at and from the hotel you have this
beautiful Vista of the valley below what's really made Deadwood famous in US
history if how wild the town was when they struck gold just down below
custard came to this area and he found gold and it started a Gold Rush in the
United States like no other
thousands upon thousands came to Deadwood to make their riches during
really hard times in the United States and Wild Bill Hickok really did come
here and he really was shot here in Deadwood he also came here with clammy
Jane even though they really weren't good friends but they were acquaintances
and did come to Deadwood together death Bullock is also a true character and
helped build this town there's remnants of subset all over the place and there
is a Bullock hotel right down to it right in the downtown area of Deadwood
so let's go take a look
so we're looking at the Badlands which is the north end of Main Street and it
earned its reputation through its saloons and brothels and theatres
gambling halls and opium houses so it was considered the rowdy part of town
out of this area can personalities and folklore that made Deadwood famous
the gym and the Bella Union were down this way if you remember in the series
the Bella Union was the Jemez competition now there is a gem theater
that's here today but that's not the original remember the whole area the
whole town burned down in 1879 of one of many fires so there is the Bullock hotel
the Bullock hotel is said to be haunted by Zeff Bullock people claim that they
have caught him on film roaming the hallways in that hotel so maybe we'll go
in and take a look so we're going inside the Bullock hotel
is a hotel along with being a casino it's really nice be cool now they have
nightly knightly ghost tours here too you just
need to come to their front desk and inquire about their ghost tours
now we're gonna go across the Fairlight now that mr. martini totally scared the
crap out and coming up behind me in this totally empty hotel it's the Fairmont
Hotel the Fairmont Hotel is said to be the most haunted location in South
Dakota there's been many many paranormal groups that have visited that hotel many
famous paranormal groups they are big on their ghost tours over at the Fairmont
Hotel and brothel so the upstairs up there supposed to be
very haunted that used to be a brothel upstairs downstairs they have women
chained in the basement yes a psychic came here and went into the
basement and said that she felt that there were naked women being kept down
there and chained as sex slaves quite eerie and very disturbing it's not a
hotel anymore they've had a lot of problems renovating it and they said
they say that the ghosts don't like the renovations and so their chemical
problems keeping people employed at this hotel so let's go in and take a look so
now we're gonna look for Margaret Broadwater Margaret killed herself she
jumped out of the Fairmont Hotel and she landed in so much mud because the dead
wood always had a ton of mud in the streets it was like a foot thick that it
broke her fall but she did die a couple days later
from internal injuries very sad
next to the Oyster Bay restaurant is the Wild Bill Bar and you can pay some money
and go downstairs and see where they say while bill was really killed this used
to be the number 10 bar it's downstairs because street level used to be
downstairs there's been many floods and many fires that have happened here
and so street level is in the basement of this restaurant and bar tiny jerk
some of these places up above you look into the windows then you expect to see
like ghosts in them these windows right here oh this is saloon number 10 but
don't let it fool you it is not the original saloon number 10 it is not
where Bill Hickok was shot that original building was burnt down and this was not
its location but there's a lot of fun stuff inside the building that you
should definitely go take a look at that is the Mount Moriah cemetery is up there
where the flag is and it overlooks the city
Franklin hotel and has the legend steakhouse inside that's where we're
gonna go up some dinner don't you stop off at the history and information
center right at the edge of town where you can pick up all sorts of pamphlets
and maps of the area it is a wonderful and it has a wonderful little Museum to
it this is a really cool town if you're coming here with your family summertime
they'd be really a lot of fun because they have a lot of reenactments that go
on try to avoid at the beginning of August the town gets very rowdy with the
Sturgis Rally that goes on and it's a little not family-oriented but any other
time it's a pretty cool town to come in to the history and make sure that you
hit the museums and see all the shows