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Topic: Quirky Deadwood Facts 1876 - 1879,Petrified Reptiles, Fish and Animals,Albino Charged with Frightening Women, Star and Bullock's Treadmill to Churn Butter by Dog Power,Ghosts in Chinatown and Ghosts at Homestakem Comet Visible Early Evening

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Quirky Deadwood Facts 1876 - 1879,Petrified Reptiles, Fish and Animals,Albino Charged with Frightening Women, Star and Bullock's Treadmill to Churn Butter by Dog Power,Ghosts in Chinatown and Ghosts at Homestakem Comet Visible Early Evening

Quirky Deadwood Facts 1876 - 1879



Petrified Reptiles, Fish and Animals

Albino Charged with Frightening Women

Star and Bullock's Treadmill to Churn Butter by Dog Power

Ghosts in Chinatown and Ghosts at Homestake

Comet Visible Early Evening



And there are more one-of-a-kind headlines .......



A ruby was found near the lower bakery, 8 or 9 lbs

Aug 06 1877

Elizabethtown



Picture of office with his dog, Typo, at his feet

Aug 13 1877

Collins, Charley Central City Postmaster



Chase, Mr. finds 40 foot petrified snake

Jun 22 1877

Chase,



Cave discovered on Whitewood Creek 3 miles above Crook City.

Jun 25 1877

Crook City



Saloons keep fresh-water trout in aquariums

Jul 06 1877

Saloons



Star and Bullock display salt water fish, Sherman St

Jul 07 1877

Star and Bullock



Pioneer who lives in cave in Airy Flat

Jul 08 1877

Barker,



Deadwood 6 first class hotels, another being built

Jul 16 1877

Deadwood



A monster bee hive in few days returns $1,260

Jul 16 1877

Thompson, J.H.



No. 33 below discovery find petrified toadstool

Jul 21 1877

Petrified Findings



French botanists find absinthe on south Deadwood hill.

August 03 1877

Absinthe



Gilbert, H.M. finds petrified skull

Aug 30 1877

Gilbert, H.M.

Petrified Findings



Deadwood has about 6 Second Hand Stores

Oct 03 1877

Deadwood



Times just 1 page long and printed on manilla paper

Nov 28 1877

Times Newspaper



Petrified birch limb, volcanic rock, Pennington Co

Jan 13 1878

Dawson, Andrew R.Z

Petrified Findings



Black Hills gold yield for 1877 was $4,000,000.

Feb 22 1878

Gold



Petrified reptiles, fish and animals on display

Mar 20 1878

Place, The

Petrified Findings



Charley Collins in bed with rheumatism and dog, Typo

Mar 22 1878

Central City Postmaster



Sponges 5 1/2 to 6' in length all over Deadwood

May 30 1878

Deadwood



Low on gardens, 2 in Deadwood, 2 in Central, 1 in Lead

May 31 1878

Black Hills



Estimating bullion product at $100,000,000 for1878

Jun 14 1878

Black Hills



Professor Sanders has jaw bone of Texas Jack

Jun 22 1878

Saunders,



Solar eclipse of the sun will occur on the 29th

Jul 27 1878

Black Hills



Deadwood Postmaster Adams dog caught a mouse by panting

Jul 30 1878

Adams, Richard O.



Internal revenue collected in 1878, $9,491.03

Aug 06 1878

Black Hills



Deadwood Postmaster has a dog with character

Aug 07 1878

Adams, Richard O.



Judge has a dog with character

Aug 07 1878

Barker, Charles E.



Marriage to Ida Taylor, freighter falls in love with passenger

Aug 26 1878

Gray, B.F.

Taylor, Ida



Judges dog represents Azoic period, blank, lifeless

Sep 10 1878

Miller, Joseph



Judges dog represents Mesozoic period, boundless, free

Sep 10 1878

Barker, Charles E.



Dog fights occur daily, hourly near Lee and Sherman

Oct 08 1878

Dogs



Stretching 13 miles of wire a day

Oct 30 1878

Telegraph Lines



Fare of a dog from Sidney to Deadwood, $12.50

Nov 15 1878

Freight Lines



In 1878, 84 deaths, 15 homicides, 5 suicides

Dec 03 1878

Black Hills



Two cars of silk worms, valued at a million dollar

Dec 11 1878

Chinese



Talk of a diamond mine near Deadwood

Dec 21 1878

Prebble, Edward



Diamond mine in the Black Hills is false report

Dec 21 1878

Black Hills Diamond



Altitude determined to be 4,828.4 feet, Jan 15

Dec 29 1878

Deadwood



Mother says world to end in 1881

Shipton,

Jan 02 1879



Have tail end of a petrified snake on exhibit

Jan 25 1879

Golden Terra Mine

Petrified Findings



Cure is to gargle with kerosene 6 times a day

Mar 11 1879

Diphtheria



Has a petrified horse in the Old Lexington Mine

Mar 14 1879

Old Lexington Mine

Langrishe,

Petrified Findings



Finest specimen of petrified wood ever on exhibit

Mar 31 1879

Stebbins, Post and Mund, Bankers

Petrified Findings



About 26 more attorneys than there is business for

May 31 1879

Deadwood



Judge to wear large American flag on Fourth of July

Jun 04 1879

Kohler,



Says he sold mine to travel before end of world

Collins, Ed

Jun 05 1879



Petrified wood, or something like it found at mine

Jun 10 1879

Groshon,

Petrified Findings



Is niece of James Bowie, inventor of Bowie knife

Jun 18 1879

Burns, Thomas, Mrs



Has in her possession a petrified sponge

Jul 15 1879

Bragg, Mrs



Flowers cut from rock on exhibit at store

Jul 20 1879

Jacquemine Jewelry Store.



Bismarck stage now carries ice water and milk cans

Aug 16 1879

Stagelines



Judge explains the sexes in the vegetable world

Blake,

Aug 29 1879



Number of saloons in Deadwood and Elizabethtown, 75

Sep 11 1879

Saloons



Total gold product during 1878, $2,500,000.

Sep 20 1879

Black Hills



Has human finger wrapped in a silk handkerchief

Oct 05 1879

Belding, John



Dog sports now on lower Main, attach cans to tails

Nov 20 1879

Dogs



Ranchman came in with monstrous tame eagle on wagon

Nov 23 1879

Barrett,



Saloon business overdone, one for every 50 men

Nov 30 1879

Deadwood



Example of business, 25 clothing stores in area

Dec 20 1879

Deadwood



Whitey, an Albino, charged with frightening women

Dec 20 1879

Rogers, Jim



Came to see friends before world destroyed in 1881

Collins, Ed

Dec 31 1879


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