Cool 19th Century Deadwood Monicur and Nicknames of People, Restaurants, Saloons, Hotels and Horses. You won't discover a better nickname or Web posting handle.
Western dress of the late 1870's - 1880’s for gold rush miners and cowboys alike were described as being way up, nobby and swell. Silk hats and white vests sometimes worn as two, wool shirts with diamond studs, straight standing celluloid bon ton collarettes, embroidered head bands, white plug hats with suspenders, silver spurs and four inch metallic hat bands would be considered quite toney garments for a young bower if accessorized with button cuffs made from nickel coins and red scarves pulled through a poker chip ring.
Deadwood's first legal law sprang to life as Governor’s Pennington’s newly appointed commissioners arrive in town April 19, 1877. As anticipation of fall 1877 general elections grow, political parties began to emerge. Republicans, Democrats, Independents, Peoples Party The Third Party, businesses and social organizations A.F., A.M. and I.O.O.F., Odd Fellows and Freemasons are thrown into the mix. Carpet Baggers rise to the occasion. Vigilantes and regulators take the law into their own hands.
Deadwood cases of adultery, desertion, seduction, abortion, infanticide, parental kidnapping and rape 1800s
"John Grabill an artist in every sense of word", John H. C. Grabill, Stanley J. Morrow, W. G. Chamberlain, Daniel Sedgley Mitchell, W. V. Herancourt
Negro Minstrels, Hottentots, Clog and Jig Comic Dancers, Serio-comic Singers and Ethiopian Dutch Irish Comedians, Acrobats, Contortionists and Double Trapeze Acts, Sketch Artists and Marksmanship, Living Statuary and Deadwood Brass Bands.
Women Occupations in a Victorian World, Deadwood Female Owned Business and Mines 1876 - 1894, Aunt Sally, A Black Woman and Claim Owner, A Lady of Firsts, Assay Office, Saloon, Hattie Harnett, Proprietress, Ladies Making It In a Man's World, Ladies Not To Be Messed With, Mrs. M. G. Tonn Arrested for Parental Kidnapping
Holds Off Husband and Deputy at Bismarck, Ex-Mrs. Tonn Goes Into The Boarding House Business, Women with Jobs Outside of the Home, Jessie Skinner and the Union Saloon, Cynthia Cleveland Woman Attorney, Elizabeth Orr, Central City's Lady Physician
Goes On Trial for the Death of Wife, Star and Bullock Employee, Madame Henrico, Medical Clairvoyant, Fortune Teller, Dressmaker, Modern shylock Henrico Livinston Takes on Father Rosen and The Catholic Church, Madam Frenchy tells the future and past on Main St, Female Tonsorial Artists, Dr. Lizzie S. Barr Lady Doctor In Search of Betrothed Matrimonial Newspaper Response, Notorious Mrs. Elizabeth Lovell Maliciously Shoots Citizen, Woman defends land like historic female knight, Women in Trouble with the Law, Aunt Lu's Boarding House, Lucretia Marshbanks, Proprietress, Longtime Madame and Mother Dwyer, Hattie Bell Dies, Brothel Partner and Wife Mary Dwyer Opts to Open a Women's Seminary, 1880 Federal Census Women as Head of Household
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Deadwood Minority Communities
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Deadwood Occupations 1880
View Deadwood Occupations 1880 Chinese, Doctor(1), Barber(1), Speculators(2), Porters(2), Clerks(2), Tea Merchants(4), Miners(6), Cooks(11), Servants(17), Launderers(48), Keeping House(13) and Children(2), Prostitute(2)
View Deadwood Occupations 1880 Black American, Miner(2), Baker(2), Barber(4), Shoe Maker(1), Porter(7), Wood Sawyer and Contractor(2), Cook(5), Laborer(6), Clerk(1), Launderer(2), Servant(1), Farmer(1), Teamster(1), Women Keeping House(6), Children(3), Prostitute(2)
Whist, Memble Peg, Cribbage, The Fifteen Puzzle Craze, Dancing, Pedestrian Mania, Phantasmagoria Magic Lantern Show
Prize Fights, Horse Races, Wrestling Matches, Billiards to Baseball, The Professional Pedestrians And Walking Matches
Bunko Steerer and Shell Game Artist Doc Baggs, Card Games of Chance, Poker, Stud, Faro, Seven Up 1876 - 1894
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View Deadwood Newspaper Commercial Ads 1877
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Close Neighbors and Strategic Partners, Towns of Deadwood Gulch, Centers of Trade Central City to Lead 1876 - 1894. Deadwood incorporated the towns of Deadwood, Chinatown, Elizabethtown, Fountain City, Highland Park, Ingleside and Cleveland into one metropolis in 1881. The distance to Deadwood from it's neighbors and mining camps in the area via roads and trails of the time along with significant headlines of people and places.
Gold rush Deadwood experienced the heyday of vaudeville entertainment. Take a step back into the hearts and minds of a Deadwood audience, experience what made them laugh and cry at their local variety music hall.
Artists once described as Little Pearly Duval "a pretty child contortionist", Minnie and Lillie Hassan Sisters "beautiful little song and dance artists", Mademoiselle Jeannette and Lola Parchal Queen of the Trapeze "will do Leap for Life through a fire balloon", Little Etolia and the Celeste Sisters "the fairy elf of song and dance", Mademoiselle Louise "a bevy of grace and beauty", Trixy and Vernie Vernon "marvel of beauty and way up as queen of song", Inez Sexton "queen of operatic and ballad song", "no one can sing higher, lower, softer or sweeter" kept music hall Gem and Bella Union theatre goers singing their praises.
Deadwood 19th Century Database Obscure Variety Performers, Stage Actors and Managers
- Deadwood 101, Theatrical Amusements Come and Go from Burlesque, Blind Boone, Famous Dog Tiger, Georgia Jubilee Singers et al!
- Deadwood 102, Variety Theatre Managers, Impresarios and Agents, Director of Amusements
