The Days of '76 in Deadwood

Dallas and I planned our trip to SD at a time that was convenient mainly to me, because she had more availability. Strangely enough we have hit the most interesting things while here - the last day of the Big Pig Dig in the Badlands (they had been digging for the last 15 years and we got there on the last day before they packed up). Then here in Deadwood we got to experience of watching the trail riders that reenacted the last wagons that came into Deadwood in 1898, after that supplies and people came by train because it was faster and cheaper.. Our timing has been good I would say. The riders came from Cheyenne, WY (about 293 miles away) and Pierre, SD (the capitol which is 200 miles away). The riders from Cheyenne rode for 19 days and Pierre for 17 days before getting here. It was an old fashioned trail ride, with the exception of the build of some of the wagon (modern day truck axles and wheels with old fashioned wagon beds). They came in at high noon to a town full of people lined up along Main St. It was pretty cool.