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Tom Blair’s memories of the Deadwood You Bet committee

Territory Timeline

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

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Territory Timeline 1890s

~ FullGscale crusades against gambling begin in Deadwood.

The Franklin Hotel: Then... and now

1890s ~ Poker Alice arrives in Deadwood.

1890s

~ AntiGgambling legislation being passed.

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189L

~ A fire starts in a boarding house A destroys Deadwood s business district.

1899

~ Fire closes the Gem =heater for good.

Swearengen leaves town A is killed not long after while trying to board a train to Denver s rail yard.

1900

~ Census records estimate Deadwood s population to be 3>L98.

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