Tag Archives: South Dakota

Looking back at Deadwood, South Dakota

Posted on 6 March 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Usually, I do not get much time to watch television, but when Elizabeth and I do, we usually sit together on Sunday evenings and tune in on the latest HBO series. Award winning drama and documentaries are the norm, all … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Photography, Spirits, Whiskey | Tagged Al Swearengen, Battle of Little Big Horn, Bella Union Saloon, Black Hills, Bodega Saloon, Calamity Jane, Charlie Utter, Colonel George Armstrong Custer, Dakota Territory, David Milch, Deadwood, Deadwood Central Railroad, E. B. Farnum, Gem Variety Theater, General George Crook, George Crook, George Hearst, Gold Rush, HBO, Homestake Mine, J.K.P. Miller, Jack McCall, Jeff Wichmann, Madam Dora DuFran, Madam Mollie Johnson, Martha Jane Canary, prostitude, Seth Bullock, Sioux Indians, Sol Star, South Dakota, spirits, Tom Miller, Treaty of Laramie, Whiskey, Wild Bill Hickok, Wyatt Earp | Leave a comment

Ghost Towns – “a shadowy semblance of a former self”

Posted on 4 September 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Stormy day at the Bodie Historic State Park Post inspired by Tom Doligale One can only imagine the condensed society and lifestyle in these towns that sprouted up, flourished and essentially died in the blink of an eye. The whiskey, … Continue reading →