Loading ...“This historic town still breathes with the rugged spirit and beauty of a frontier town,” Vander Stelt says of Deadwood, the South Dakota outpost whose notorious residents have included Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane.
Category Widget
Matthews Opera House
Opened in 1906 the Matthews Opera House was the setting for stage productions and traveling shows through the 1930’s. Built by local Wyoming rancher, Thomas Matthews at a cost of $50,000, the Opera House opened on December 3, 1906 with a political farce-comedy called “The Lion and the Mouse”. Throughout the next 10 years the [...]
Fort Laramie Historic Site
Fort Laramie was a significant 19th century trading post and diplomatic site located in the U.S. state of Wyoming. During the middle 19th century, it was a primary stopping point on the Oregon Trail and the Mormon Trail and was, along with Bent’s Fort on the Arkansas River, the most significant economic hub of commerce [...]