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Published November 09, 2009, 12:00 AM

Deadwood fast facts

- Calamity Jane and Wild Bill Hickok are both buried in Deadwood’s Mount Moriah Cemetery.

- After dedicating Mount Rushmore in 1927, President Calvin Coolidge participated in Deadwood’s Days of ’76 celebration.

- In 1961 the entire town of Deadwood was declared a National Historic Landmark. It marked the first community to ever receive this designation.

- HBO premiered the popular “Deadwood” series in 2004, introducing Deadwood’s most colorful and historic characters to the world.