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The "new" Old Style Saloon #10, located at
657 Main Street, is not the actual location of
Wild Bill
Hickok's shooting, but rather, was created in 1938.
The first story of the building was
constructed in 1880 by Ben Baer and Max Fishel where Baer operated a
liquor store and Fishel ran a stationery store. However, in 1909, Sol
Levinson moved his jewelry store in the building and added a second
story and new front to the building the next year. Later the building
housed a shoe and clothing store, until it was recreated as the Old
Style Saloon #10 in 1938. In keeping with a frontier theme, the
building was remodeled at that time and since then has changed very
little.
Here, you will not only find a real
saloon, restaurant, and gambling den, but also a "saloon museum" where
historical and mining camp artifacts, spanning over 100 years, are
exhibited along the walls. One display shows what is allegedly
the original "death chair" where
Hickok
was shot, but according to our sources, it is actually one that is
similar. The saloon also features a
Bill
Hickok, Jack McCall and the
other players recreating the shooting every day at 3:00 p.m. Children
are welcome in the saloon up into 8:30 p.m. when the saloon welcomes
adults only.
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The interior of the Old Style Saloon #10
today,
July, 2006, Kathy Weiser.
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The walls of Old Style Saloon #10 display
photographs of Deadwood's illustrious past, July, 2006, Kathy
Weiser.
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