A Trip to the Black Hills and Deadwood, 1876

This exciting article is packed with eyewitness detail including first-hand accounts of Wild Bill Hickok, his death and burial, the arduous travel conditions, colorful characters (such as Charley Utter), Deadwood ("Taken as a whole, I never in my life saw so many hardened and brutal-looking men together..."), fear and racism towards Native Americans, and much more.

Written in a lively and humorous style, this 5,550 word article remains as informative and accessible as the day it was written.

Editor's Note: The text has been painstakingly reproduced from a facsimile of the original document. Blatant typographical errors have been corrected but quaint spellings of the era have been preserved.

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