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Deadwood Dick

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244: 29: 88:, also an actor; the Deadwood Chamber of Commerce asked him in 1927 to portray Deadwood Dick in the city's annual Days of '76 Parade. Clarke's work was managed by publicity man Bert Bell. Among other assignments, Clarke was sent east to invite then-U.S. 229: 319: 66:, to Deadwood, South Dakota, where he made his fortune playing games of chance. He was dubbed "Deadwood Dick" by fellow gamblers. Palmer was the hero of Beadle's half-dime novels. 334: 339: 295: 62:
Frank Palmer, gambler, according to his obituary of May 30, 1906, was the original "Deadwood Dick" who, at the age of 17 (c. 1879) went west from
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to Deadwood. Clarke appreciated the celebrity status so much that he continued playing Deadwood Dick until his death on May 5, 1930
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Others more briefly associated with the name were Richard Palmer, who died in
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Deadwood Dick, the Prince of the Road; or, The Black Rider of the Black Hills
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presented a 1966 episode entitled "The Resurrection of Deadwood Dick," with
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Full-text issues of Deadwood Dick Library at Northern Illinois University
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is a fictional character who appears in a series of stories, or
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Deadwood Dick (serial)

dime novels
Edward Lytton Wheeler
Deadwood, South Dakota
Springfield, Illinois
Nat Love
African-American
Richard Clarke
President
Calvin Coolidge
Cornishman
Richard Bullock
Cripple Creek
Colorado
Denver
syndicated
anthology
Death Valley Days
character actor
Denver Pyle
L'Amour, Louis Dearborn
ISBN
0-553-24134-6
"Death Valley Days: "The Resurrection of Deadwood Dick", October 1, 1966"
Internet Movie Database
Full-text issues of Deadwood Dick Library at Northern Illinois University
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a fictional character from a novel
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