Blogs from Deadwood, South Dakota, United States, North America

Time to recap the past 48 hours or so! On Thursday, I attended a meeting for Green and Gold Days (Orientation/Welcome Week) and agreed to help my supervisor with some projects for that, coming up with new ideas, etc. Then, I attended a "Garden Party" lunch where the campus garden intern and the director of food services talked about the campus garden, plans for that, healthy eating, and new ideas for the fall semester. That afternoon, I helped weed in the campus garden for 2 hours, then I showered and took off for Deadwood to see my cousin! My cousin, Erin, was in Deadwood the past few days for a conference - at the end of the night, I still didn't really understand what type, so I'm just going to say some medical type conference and ... read more

Deadwood is located less than an hours drive west of Rapid City. It is a historic place and is the town in which Wild Bill Hickok was gunned down. In fact he is buried in the local cemetery, Mt. Moriah, along with Calamity Jane and Potato Creek Johnny. Because of this, the cemetery is a tourist attraction. The Adams House and Museum are located a few blocks apart and are both worth a visit. The house, built in 1892, is built in the Queen Anne style and is quite a charming old place. It is not as large as a Victorian Mansion but is quite spacious. Harris and Anna Franklin built it and later sold it to their son, Nathan, in 1905. In 1920 he sold the house to W.E. and Alice Adams. Adams' first wife ... read more

Today was a day for contrasts; different traditions of the American west. I spent the early part in the Wild West, Deadwood. The Adams Museum tells the story of the town. It’s named for a mining executive who founded the museum in the 1930s, W.E. Adams. The museum is filled with items of all sorts, ranging from the deeply profound to the inane. All of it is packed closely together. Fans of western lore could get lost in here. The first part talks about Deadwood as myth and url=http://www.cityofdeadwood.com/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC=%7B269A8C80-9F36-4D72-A17D-DF18E23E10FF%7Dreality. The town was founded in 1875 and quickly rose to prominence. During this time, the rest of the country was feeling nostalgia for a vanishing frontier. Deadwood fit perfectly into this nostalgia,... read more

After a 6 mile walk, we ate breakfast & headed to the Mammoth Site in Hot Springs. An amazing find of creatures from long ago that fell in a sink hole & were preserved for future generations. Had a great lunch at "All Stars Grill & Pub" (not quite like the one in SA I'm told. This one is more of a family place.) We then headed to Deadwood by way of Rapid City. To make the most of the day, we listened to the sound track from Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest. If you have never seen it, you are missing a great movie. Had a great dinner at Kevin Costner's Jakes in Deadwood. After contributing 6 bucks to the hotel's slot machines, spent the night at the Historic Bullock Hotel. More tomorrow!... read more

Hallo iedereen thuis, Vooreerst excuses voor het feit dat jullie één dag deze blog hebben moeten missen. Daardoor volgt nu een redelijk uitgebreid verslag van de twee afgelopen dagen ... Gisteren vertrokken we met in ons achterhoofd het weerbericht dat ons vertelde dat we in het kort gezegd de hele dag in de regen zouden rijden ... Goedgemutst vertrokken wij om onze rit naar Hulett, Wyoming aan te vangen. Ons eerste doel was de Wildlife Loop in Custer State Park. Hier werd ons beloofd dat we het volledige gamma aan wild zouden kunnen bekijken ... Zoals eerder gezegd, zat het weer ons niet echt mee, en aanvankelijk hadden we het gedacht dat alle wild binnen naar TV zat te kijken ... Uiteindelijk slaagden we er toch in om een kudde bizons aan te treffen. Zij stonden ... read more