A Guided Walking Tour
Patrol the streets of Historic Deadwood with some of the first lawdogs. Your guide will transport you back in time on this multi-stop walking tour of the National Historic Landmark District. You’ll learn about the discovery of gold, brothels and saloons, the town’s unique architecture, legendary characters who walked these same streets and the massive destruction caused by numerous fires and floods.
This tour requires walking, long periods of standing and navigating stairs and must be booked 24 hours in advance.
Join us on
Patrol
How do you do? It is easy to tell by that gleam in the eyes who the newcomers to town are. They are all looking to strike it rich but have no idea what to do in a place like this. Our lawmen are here to show you the ropes around our fair city.
A Deadwood Experiential Peregrination
In the summer of 1875, there was no one in this here gulch… not a soul. In fact, there was nothing here but 3 creeks coming together and a tangle of old dead twisted wood. That’s where it got its name, Deadwood Gulch.
In the late fall of 1875, everything changed, gold was discovered in Whitewood creek. It didn’t take long for the word to get out and by the summer of 1876, there were thousands of people in the valley. There were tents and shacks everywhere, hordes of men just trying to find their fortune and make their way.
As you can imagine, with thousands of men in a tight space, trying to get one up on the other guy, trouble soon started and there became a desperate need for lawmen. The likes of Con Stapleton, Seth Bullock , John Manning and even Wyatt Earp came to town. Earp went into the firewood business as the others did their best to clean up the town.
Your frontier lawman will show you the ropes around Deadwood city with the intention of telling you “greenhorns” a little bit about the town and get y’all prepared so you don’t get taken advantage of, but mainly not “get dead”.
Tickets required in advance
$15 per person Minimum: 2 | Maximum: 10
Book your visit today
Buy your tickets online or call (800) 344-8826.
Approximate Length
The tour lasts approximately 45 minutes to 1 hour in length.
Availability
The Lawman’s Patrol operates six days a week, Monday – Saturday, during Peak Season and on Fridays and Saturdays during the spring and fall seasons with advance reservations.
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Location
Tour begins at “High Noon” at the Midnight Star, 677 Main Street.
