National Geographic mag slams Deadwood

[my02ctd]

I would invite the person who wrote that article to a card game in Deadwood!! I love it out in the Black Hills!

[Sandhills Guru]

I visited Deadwood this summer, had a good time. What does NG know anyways?

[blackhillsdreams]

I never miss Deadwood on any trip to the hills but I'll admit, it isn't my favorite place to go. I'm not a gambler so that part is lost on me. I did enjoy the old cemetery up on the hill and Kevin Costner's "Tatanka" is pretty cool. The museum is nice too. I think with any place like that, the history will be "romanticized" a bit but that is to be expected.

[Chris19]

National Geographic has its opinion, but there are other magazines and many people who think otherwise and have better opinions of Deadwood. I would take National Geographic's opinion with a grain of salt.

[Have a good trip!]

Deadwood falls into the same category as 99% of the rest of the tourist traps in the Black Hills that can be described with one word: TACKY.

I'd sign my real name but might wind up with my phone line tapped. They really do that around here!

[jeremyf-rcj]

Here's the article about Deadwood (http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2008/12/10/news/local/doc493b660f3052e927674805.txt - broken link) I just wrote for the Journal.

It was an interesting issue to cover. Lots of opinions, naturally. I think what surprised me was how scrappy Deadwood is, throughout history. Sure, it's possible to condemn the town for its turn toward glitz and big-money casinos. But darn it, the town has survived many other things.

Perhaps this will just be another phase in the story of Deadwood?

[SD4020]

From the criteria Nat Geo gave I can see their point. Yes Deadwood has a extremely interesting history. It also has gone commercial that tends to change the feel.

The exterior of the buildings and to a lessor extend the interiors - modernized to meet present day needs of the business owners. In 1987 the Chinatown Museum burned down... That was a bad loss. If Deadwood would cash in on its past from a historical point... Going back to its roots National Geographic might have given it a better review.

Does that make Deadwood any less a destination? Not at all if you want to have a good time.

[kbarjae]

hey nat geo ,i like deadwood we spent the day there several times deadwood is what it always was a gambling town ,there is plenty to do besides gamble the cementery will take a good part of your day and the views from there are great