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From rough & tumble Deadwood, Dakota Territory...
From rough & tumble Deadwood, Dakota Territory...
Item # 722358
July 30, 1889
DEADWOOD DAILY PIONEER, Black Hills, (South Dakota) July 30, 1889 This city would arguably be--along with Tombstone & Dodge City--one of the more famous of all the towns from the rough & tumble days of the Old West, and only rarely do such issues come to light. It attracted larger-than-life Old West figures including Wyatt Earp, Calamity Jane, and Wild Bill Hickok (who was killed there). "Union List of Newspapers" notes only two institutions have but scattered 19th century issues of this title.
Among the articles are: "Mine & Mill" "Bushels of Old Bones" "Among Errors Ruinous to Health" "Dakota Politics" & more including a variety of local tidbits. Also a great wealth of illustrated advertisements.
Four pages, very nice condition.
Background:
An original Deadwood Daily Pioneer from the 1880s is a meaningful artifact from one of the American West’s best-known boomtowns. The Pioneer—descended from the early Black Hills mining-camp papers—became Deadwood’s leading voice, chronicling the town’s growth from gold-rush settlement to established community. An issue from 1889 captures this transitional moment, reflecting local mining activity, civic development, and debates surrounding the upcoming South Dakota statehood.
Surviving originals from the 1880s are relatively scarce. Daily papers of the frontier West were printed on fragile stock, heavily handled, and often lost to fires or decay, leaving comparatively few intact copies today. While not impossibly rare, an 1889 Pioneer is considered a desirable and uncommon example of frontier journalism, valued for its authentic window into Deadwood’s historical landscape.
Category: The Old West
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