Deadwood, South Dakota

We spent a fun day exploring Deadwood, South Dakota. Alan had read a lot about the various outlaws that had adventures there as well as the Gold Rush that created the town. (The rest of us probably know of Deadwood because of the HBO series.) Deadwood had an excellent small museum. In fact, we were impressed with the local historical societies and county museums that we visited in numerous places. Many were housed in old courthouses. I learned a lot of history and saw extremely interesting artifacts because of the efforts of local people to preserve the history of their area.