Shadow of Legends (2000)
Shadow of Legends
“T. (Dakota Territory), carries an image of a wild and reckless gold mining camp, even a hundred years past its prime. In that regard, it does not stand alone. Bodie, California . . . Tombstone, Arizona . . . Creede, Colorado . . . and Goldfield, Nevada . . . to name a few, likewise conjure up impressions of bad men, wicked women, and violent daily life.
The portrait of Deadwood lingers still because of the longevity of its golden veins and the length of its childhood. Gold ore is still bein...g pried out of the stubborn earth from the fabled Homestake Mine just up the gulch in Lead, South Dakota. One hundred and twenty-five years of production is an incredible testimony to the wealth of the northern Black Hills.
No other boomtown in the late nineteenth century remained isolated for so long. The railroad first punched, prodded, and pleaded its way across the West in 1869. But Deadwood remained a stagecoach and freight wagon town until 1890.MoreLess
The portrait of Deadwood lingers still because of the longevity of its golden veins and the length of its childhood. Gold ore is still bein...g pried out of the stubborn earth from the fabled Homestake Mine just up the gulch in Lead, South Dakota. One hundred and twenty-five years of production is an incredible testimony to the wealth of the northern Black Hills.
No other boomtown in the late nineteenth century remained isolated for so long. The railroad first punched, prodded, and pleaded its way across the West in 1869. But Deadwood remained a stagecoach and freight wagon town until 1890.MoreLess
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