MAKE AN OFFER. THE MORE YOU BUY THE BETTER DEAL I WILL ACCEPT The postcard mentions various names and places related to the history of Deadwood in 1876. Deadwood was a town in the Black Hills of South Dakota that experienced a gold rush in the mid-1870s, attracting people like Herrmann Treber, a liquor dealer. The town saw an influx of people seeking their fortune through gold mining.