1. Deadwood and the Black Hills of the Dakotas
The famous and the infamous have called Deadwood and the
Black Hills home over the last several centuries. Lewis and Clark,
Wild Bill Hickok, Wyatt Earp, George Armstrong Custer, Poker
Alice and the Sundance Kid. Calamity Jane, and many others have
all passed through here in search of fortune and adventure.
But long before the arrival of the white man, the land was home
to the Cheyenne, Kiowa, Pawnee, Soux or Lakota Indians. The
Soux, who migrated from Minnesota in the 1700's, dominated a
tract of land large enough to support the buffalo herds on which
they subsisted.

2. Placer Mining for Gold

3. Village of the Lakota Sioux Indians

4. The Cowboy

5. A deer hunt near Deadwood in winter 1887 and '88

6. Deadwood
Central Railroad
Surveyors
Deadwood Central Railroad
Engineer Corps, showing a
group of Surveyors. It was
created in 1888 by Grabill, John
C. H., photographer.
The photograph presents
Outdoor group portrait of ten
railroad engineers and a dog,
posing with surveyors' transits
on tripods and measuring rods,
on the side of a mountain.
Most of the men are sitting; all
are wearing suits and hats.

7. Miners Panning for Gold in the Dakota Territory

8. Western
Stagecoach

9. Cheyenne Indians

10. "Hotel Minnekahta," Hot Springs , Dakota Territory

11. Stagecoaches of the Old West

12. Lakota Sioux Indian Camp

13. Saw Mill Interior at Terraville, Dakota Territory

14. The champion Chinese Hose Team of America, who won the great
Hub-and-Hub race at Deadwood, Dakota., July 4th, 1888.
The photograph illustrates Twelve member team of Chinese ""hose""
runners posed in uniform.

15. "Comanche,"a stallion, The only survivor
of the Custer Massacre, 1876

16. Indian Fighters from the US Army Infantry

17. "The Deadwood
Coach" Side view
of a stagecoach;
formally dressed
men sitting in
and on top of
coach. 1889.
Repository:
Library of
Congress Prints
and Photographs
Division
Washington, D.C.

18. Between 1887 and 1892,
Grabill sent 188
photographs — taken
using an early technique
that used albumen, or
egg white, to bind
together the chemicals .
Deadwood in South
Dakota was founded
shortly after the
discovery of gold in the
neighbouring Black Hills
in 1876.
Miners flocked to the
town and its population
quickly grew to 5,000,
the wagon trains brought
in not only supplies but
gamblers, prostitutes and
gunfighters.
Wild Buffalo on the Plains

19. He sat for this studio portrait
between two Euro-Americans
Rebel: A native American named Little,
leader of the Oglala band, started the
1890 Indian Revolt at Pine Ridge

20. "Hostile Indian camp" Bird's-eye view of a large Lakota camp of tipis,
horses, and wagons. 1891

21. Title: At the Dance. Part of the 8th U.S. Cavalry and 3rd Infantry at the great
Indian Grass Dance portrait of Big Foot‘s band and federal military men on
the Cheyenne River, S.D.--

22. Large bull train of oxen and three wagons
on its way to the Black Hills . 1890

23. Title: Freighting in "The Black Hills". Photographed between Sturgis and
Deadwood Full view of ox trains, between Sturgis and Deadwood, S.D. 1891

24. Happy band: Mining engineers with their wives and a couple of tame
deer get together for an impromptu campside musical concert

25. "Red Cloud and
American Horse."
The two most noted
Oglala chiefs”,

26. "Signal Rock." Elk Canyon on
Black Hills & Ft. P. R.R. It was
made in 1890 by Grabill, John
C. H., photographer.
The photo illustrates Rock
formation on the right of
railroad track which curves
into distance; trees,
mountains in background
Signal Rock

27. Mess scene on "round up". It was made in 1887 by Grabill, John C. H.,
photographer.
The photo documents Cowboys eating near chuckwagon; small groups
of horses and cattle in campsite.

28. Bullchief Ford a Crow Warrior..The picture presents
Bullchief wearing his warbonnet, crossing a shallow
rapids on horseback. This is a dramatic presentation
of an authentic Native American

29. Three Cowboys with a roped Buffalo

30. A stunning image of Wells Fargo Express Company. Deadwood
Treasure Wagon and Guards with $250,000 gold bullion from the
Great Homestake Mine, Deadwood, S.D., 1890.
The image shows Five men, holding rifles, in a horse-drawn,
uncovered wagon on a country road.

31. Indian chiefs and U.S. officials at Pine Ridge, South Dakota, Features .
" Wild Bill" Cody standing in the Center.
The illustration documents Group of Euro-American and Lakota
(Bruleacute, Miniconjou, and Oglala) men standing and sitting in two
rows in front of tipis.

32. Wagon Tain and horse
Resting on a trail in the
badlands.

33. Freighting in "The Black Hills". Photographed between Sturgis and
Deadwood Full view of ox trains, between Sturgis and Deadwood, S.D. 1891

34. Calamity Jane
Wild Bill Hickok
Deadwood became famous as the site
of Wild Bill Hickok's murder in 1876.
Deadwood is the final resting place of
Born in Princeton, Missouri on May Wild Bill, Calamity Jane, Seth Bullock,
1, 1852 as Martha Cannary, she and many other colorful characters of
would later grow up to look and act the Wild West. The Black Hills went on
like a man, shoot like a cowboy, drink to be the richest single gold mining
like a fish, and exaggerate the tales district in the United States, eventually
of her life to any and all who would producing over 25 million ounces of
listen. gold.

35. The End
Music: The Condor
Photographs:
John C. H. Grabill was an American photographer. Little is known about his
work. From 1886 to 1892 he was active in Deadwood, Dakota Territory. He
is best known for the 188 photographs he sent to the Library of Congress.
His work documents the frontier life in Colorado, South Dakota, and
Wyoming. His photographs of Pine Ridge during the aftermath of Wounded
Knee are most remarkable.
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