Photo curtesy of Mr. Wu’s’ Facebook page. On the lower end of Main Street Deadwood, Mr. Wu’s Casino grants good fortune to Black Hills’ visitors. Brinton Hamm, general manager of Mr. Wu’s, is proud to continue his family’s legacy. “The place has been in the family for a long time,”...
Deadwood City Hall’s basement museum contains around half a million artifacts representing the city’s Chinese heritage and decades of mining history following the California Gold Rush. Kevin Kuchenbecker, historic preservation officer in Deadwood, said the basement houses everything from photographs to archaeological digs. “This is our archival and archaeological laboratories...