Travis Pearson has been shot and killed 15,000 times inside Saloon No. 10. For more than 15 years, “I die and resurrect three times a day!” says the actor who portrays Wild Bill Hickok in the historic ...

A western style murder mystery: It's the 1st Annual Deadwood Poker Tournament Party! For weeks, people have been pouring into the small western town of Deadwood for the biggest poker tournament this ...

In the fall of 1875, gold was discovered in Deadwood Gulch, Dakota Territory. By 1876, about 10,000 people had turned their camp into an instant city — one gritty enough to inspire an HBO series.

On the afternoon of Aug. 2, 1876, James Butler Hickok was playing poker at Nuttal and Mann’s Saloon No. 10 in Deadwood, an illegal settlement that had sprung up in Lakota territory several years ...

When it comes to saloons, high-stakes card games and the inevitable shootouts, history is best experienced firsthand in this South Dakota town. By Richard Rubin You will be shocked — shocked — to find ...