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Deadwood Dick is a fictional character in an 1800s novel by Edward L. Wheeler. The character appears in more than a hundred stories and became so widely known that the name was used to advantage by several men who actually lived in Deadwood, South Dakota.

Those who took the nickname have 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, also a coach driver (1847 - 1921);

Others more briefly associated with name were Richard Palmer, who died in Cripple Creek, Colorado, in 1906, and Robert Dickey, who died in a Denver hospital jail in 1912.

External link

Deadwooddicks.com

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-'''Deadwood Dick''' was a fictional character from the pages of an 1800s [[dime novel]] by [[Edward L. Wheeler]]. The character appeared in more than a hundred stories and became so famous the name was claimed by several men who actually lived in [[Deadwood, South Dakota]].
+'''Deadwood Dick''' is a fictional character in an 1800s [[novel]] by [[Edward L. Wheeler]]. The character appears in more than a hundred stories and became so widely known that the name was used to advantage by several men who actually lived in [[Deadwood, South Dakota]].
-Others who took the nickname at various times were:
+Those who took the nickname have included:
-* [[Nat Love]]  (1854 – 1921) an [[African-American]] cowboy;
+* [[Nat Love]]  (1854 – 1921), an [[African-American]] cowboy;
 * Dick Brown, an actor;
 * Richard Cole, a stage coach driver;
-* [[Richard Clarke]], also an actor, who died on May 5, [[1930]], Took the role after The Deadwood Chamber of Commerce asked him, in the 1920s, to portray the role of Deadwood Dick in the city's annual Days of '76 Parade. [http://www.historicdeadwood.com/legends_&_lore_3.htm]
+* [[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]].[http://www.historicdeadwood.com/legends_&_lore_3.htm]
-* Cornishman, [[Richard Bullock]], also a coach driver ([[1847]] - [[1921]]);
+* Cornishman [[Richard Bullock]], also a coach driver ([[1847]] - [[1921]]);
-Others briefly associated with the Deadwood Dick name included Richard Palmer who died in [[Cripple Creek]], [[Colorado]] in 1906, and Robert Dickey, who died in a [[Denver]] hospital jail in [[1912]].
+Others more briefly associated with name were Richard Palmer, who died in [[Cripple Creek]], [[Colorado]], in 1906, and Robert Dickey, who died in a [[Denver]] hospital jail in [[1912]].
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