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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 |
'''Deadwood Dick''' is a fictional character in an 1800s [[novel]] by [[Edward L. Wheeler]]. The character appears in more than a hundred stories. It became so widely known in its time that the name was used to advantage by several men who actually lived in [[Deadwood, South Dakota]]. |
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Those who took the nickname have included: |
Those who took the nickname have included: |
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* Richard Cole, a stage coach driver; |
* Richard Cole, a stage coach driver; |
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* [[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] |
* [[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] |
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* Cornishman [[Richard Bullock]], also a coach driver ([[1847]] - [[1921]]) |
* Cornishman [[Richard Bullock]], also a coach driver ([[1847]] - [[1921]]). |
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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]]. |
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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Revision as of 16:22, 21 August 2007
Deadwood Dick is a fictional character in an 1800s novel by Edward L. Wheeler. The character appears in more than a hundred stories. It became so widely known in its time 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.