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Originally Posted by no1maestro
Great show; I get the feeling that they did lots of research before writing. Good writing and good casting go along together, Can't wait for it to start up again!!!
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They absolutely did. The letter that was written by Bullock and to be published is real and was written for Rev. Henry Winston Smith and not the dead Cornish guy. See this
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According to Wikipedia Gearge Hearst was indeed a US Senator. He lost an election to be the Govenor of California though. See
George Hearst
In an interview the writer, of Deadwood said he read the Black Hills Pioneer while he was researching Deadwood.
I never realized that the same actor played Jack McCall and Francis Wolcott. Man, he got two depraved characters.