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DEADWOOD – The Adams Museum is featured in American’s best selling western history magazine Wild West in the April 2008 issue. The article was written by John Rose and is titled The Past Comes Alive at Deadwood Museum. Rose artfully describes the museum’s collections that celebrate the legendary Black Hills pioneers who get their due at the Adams Museum.

John Rose begins the article by describing the assassination of Wild Bill Hickok in the summer of 1876 and skillfully segues into the arrival of businessman W.E. Adams in 1877. Adams prospers in the raucous camp by opening the Adams Brothers Banner Grocery and selling supplies to the minors. Rose writes that “Adams would further etched young Deadwood’s turbulent days into the American memory.” Rose notes that W.E. would be proud of the professionalism the staff of the Adams Museum & House exhibits in conveying the story of how Deadwood was transformed from a gold mining camp into a thriving city. Adams built the museum in 1930 to honor his two great loves – his family and his fellow Deadwood pioneers.

The Adams Museum is open Tuesday – Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. For more information, please contact 605-578-1714 or visit www.AdamsMuseumAndHouse.org.