Deadwood Courthouse

Day 46

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October 9th 2007
Obfuscator writes: After sleeping on a pinecone for most of the night, we woke up and took a walk down to Lake Pactola to see the dawn. The lake level was extraordinarily low, and so on our way to where the lake actually is, we got to walk on a lot of ground where the lake actually was. This was evidenced by the concrete bucket anchors we found littering the ground we were walking on. There wer ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more