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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BVP_j-b-hickok_Deadwood-SD.html
Died Aug 2, 1876 by pistol Shot Aged 39 years Custer was lonely without him Erected by J. H. Riordan of N.Y. 1891
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2A2A_plumas-power-plants_Deadwood-SD.html
Belt City Light and Power Company, 1893 - 1905 In 1893, the Belt Light and Power Company of Lead built a 30 x 92 foot brick and stone power station in this vicinity. The plant boasted a Brush Alternating System consisting of two 1500 kW vertical …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2A1L_george-s-mickelson-trail_Deadwood-SD.html
After using a long stretch of track that went through the scenic Black Hills for almost a century, the Burlington Northern & Santa Fe (formerly Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company) quit running in 1983. The idea to turn the railroad into …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2A1K_track-or-trail-sweat-equity-played-a-role_Deadwood-SD.html
It took about a thousand people just 255 days to build the 114-mile Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad between Edgemont and Deadwood using primitive methods. It took more than 15 years to complete the George S. Mickelson Trail on the same rai…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2A1J_mcgovern-hill_Deadwood-SD.html
Prospector Frank McGovern staked his claim on the hillside above you in 1876, then promptly became one of Deadwood's infamous rabble-rousers. After an argument with a grocer in 1878, McGovern was shot in the thighs. During his recovery in the hosp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2A1I_burlington-interurban-power-plant_Deadwood-SD.html
This is the site of the Burlington Interurban Power Plant, commonly known as the Burlington Powerhouse. The Powerhouse was originally built to generate electricity to run a passenger trolley between the cities of Lead and Deadwood. The Powerhouse …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2A1H_radial-brick-smokestack_Deadwood-SD.html
This brick structure before you served as the foundation base and cleanout chamber that supported the 135-foot smokestack. Once part of the Burlington & Missouri Railroad Powerhouse complex, this brick feature was created in 1901 and helped supply…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2A1G_interurban-trolley_Deadwood-SD.html
The Burlington Interurban Railway was part of a focused effort to modernize the City of Deadwood at the turn of the century. The town had transformed in a relatively short period of time from a lawless gold camp to a law abiding community and regi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2A1F_the-smokestack-reconstructed_Deadwood-SD.html
In 2016 the Deadwood Historical Commission hired a local mason with expertise in historic masonry to reconstruct this section of the 135" B & M Powerhouse smokestack using radial brick collected on site. This section has a 9'-3" outside radius and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2A1E_deadwoods-carnegie-library_Deadwood-SD.html
Andrew Carnegie, steel tycoon and philanthropist, is best known for his charitable contributions in financing public libraries. From 1886 until his death in 1919, Carnegie supported the construction of 1,679 public libraries across the United Stat…
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