Deadwood Dick
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Deadwood Dick is a fictional character who appears in a series of stories, or "dime novels", published between 1877 and 1897 by Edward Lytton Wheeler (1854/5-1885). The name became so widely known in its time that it was used to advantage by several men who actually resided in Deadwood, South Dakota
.
Those who took the nickname included:
Others more briefly associated with the name were Richard Palmer, who died in Cripple Creek
, Colorado
, in 1906, and Robert Dickey, who died in a Denver hospital jail in 1912.
Deadwood, South Dakota
Deadwood is a city in South Dakota, United States, and the county seat of Lawrence County. It is named for the dead trees found in its gulch. The population was 1,270 according to a 2010 census...
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Those who took the nickname included:
- Nat LoveNat LoveNat Love, also known as Deadwood Dick , pronounced as Nate Love, was an African American cowboy following the American Civil War. In 1907, Love wrote his autobiography, "Life and Adventures of Nat Love." In his autobiography, Nat Love explains that his father was a slave foreman in the fields, and...
(1854 – 1921), an African-American cowboy; - Dick Brown, an actor;
- Richard Cole, a stage coach driver;
- Richard ClarkeRichard ClarkeRichard Clarke may refer to:* Richard Clarke , Jamaican boxer* Richard Clarke , Northern Irish footballer with Portadown* Richard Clarke , Northern Irish footballer with Newry City & Glentoran...
, also an actor; the Deadwood Chamber of Commerce asked him in the 1920s to portray Deadwood Dick in the city's annual Days of '76 Parade. Clarke died May 5, 1930.http://www.historicdeadwood.com/legends_&_lore_3.htm - CornishmanCornish peopleThe Cornish are a people associated with Cornwall, a county and Duchy in the south-west of the United Kingdom that is seen in some respects as distinct from England, having more in common with the other Celtic parts of the United Kingdom such as Wales, as well as with other Celtic nations in Europe...
Richard BullockRichard BullockRichard "Dick" Bullock was a Cornishman who once sang in a Methodist choir and later became a legendary figure of the Wild West Cowboy era...
, gunman and bullion guard on the Deadwood Stage (1847 - 1921).
Others more briefly associated with the name were Richard Palmer, who died in Cripple Creek
Cripple Creek
Cripple Creek may refer to:Places* Cripple Creek, Colorado* Cripple Creek, VirginiaSongs* "Cripple Creek ", traditional folk song* "Up on Cripple Creek" by The Band* "Cripple Creek Ferry" by Neil Young on the album After the Gold Rush...
, Colorado
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
, in 1906, and Robert Dickey, who died in a Denver hospital jail in 1912.