The gold in Deadwood Gulch has been all panned out but the gambling and shootouts still keep this little town alive and brimming with tourists. Wild Bill Hickok was shot in the back while playing cards at Saloon #10 and he's now immortalized in every other shop window and gambling casino (of which there are over one hundred).Just a mile up the road from Deadwood is the town of Lead, site of the Homestake mine. One of the largest and deepest gold mines in the world, it produced 40 million ounces before being turned over to scientists for research into neutrinos and dark matter.
eastern Wyoming, this mount of columnar basalt is visible from miles away. Like Richard Dreyfuss's character in Close Encounters of the Third Kind, I was drawn to see this natural wonder for myself. Unfortunately no aliens made themselves apparent but some beautiful horses did wander into my shot!
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