Deadwood

Famous Places

Int
Teens & Adults
Grades 6–12

In 1989, the town of Deadwood began to rebuild itself to look the way it did in its "Wild West" days. This was one of the largest projects of its kind in the United States.

This lesson mentions murder and gambling.

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Focus

topic-based
academic
4-skills
US
South Dakota
history
landmark
interpretive

Vocabulary

frontier
miner
canyon
rowdy
ignored
Marshal
cemetery
died out
prosperous
legalized
goal
preserve
restoration
stakes
venue
A spinning paper plane
A spinning paper plane