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Deadwood,
South Dakota
in 1912, photo courtesy Library of Congress.
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Deadwood gradually evolved from a wild frontier
town to a prosperous commercial center
and though the city moved
forward into the twentieth
century, the image of the
Wild West
town has always lingered. For the next several decades gambling and
prostitution establishments were still considered legitimate businesses.
However, both would soon come under attack from reformers, believing that
the two were partly responsible for causing social problems, such as
drunkenness and poverty. However, gambling remained legitimate until 1947
and the brothels didn't close until 1980. Today, gambling has once
again been made legal in the old mining camp.
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