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]]. |
'''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]]. |
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Revision as of 07:19, 20 August 2009
- For the 1940 serial, see Deadwood Dick.
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.
Deadwood Dick is a fictional character who appears in a series of videos, seen exclusively on Youtube, including the self titled video, Deadwood Dick: This Wood Will Never Die, Deadwood Dick: The Battle of Little Bigcock, and the upcoming film, Deadwood Dick in Space!
Those who took the nickname included:
- Nat Love (1854 – 1921), an African-American cowboy;
- Dick Brown, an actor;
- Richard Cole, a stage coach driver;
- Richard Clarke, 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.[1]
- Cornishman Richard Bullock, 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, Colorado, in 1906, and Robert Dickey, who died in a Denver hospital jail in 1912.
