Blue sky view, towards green trees hillside, 1876 Deadwood Information Sign, north end Main Street, Deadwood, South Dakota, USA

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In 1874 George Armstrong Custer led an expedition into the Black Hills and found gold at French Creek, near present-day Custer. Custer's announcement triggered the Black Hills Gold Rush, which gave rise to the town of Deadwood, in the northern section of the hills and illegal because it lay within the territory granted to the Lakota (Sioux) in the 1868 Treaty of Laramie. In 1876 Charlie and Steve Rutter led a wagon train to Deadwood, which brought gamblers and prostitutes. 'Wild Bill' Hickok, an old friend, joined the wagon train in Cheyenne. 'Calamity Jane' joined it in Fort Laramie.

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Size: 3557px × 2402px
Location: Deadwood Sign, Lower Main Street, Deadwood, Black Hills, South Dakota, USA
Photo credit: © robert harrison / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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