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Swearengen opened the Gem Variety Theater on April 7, 1877, at the corners of Wall and Main streets to entertain the population of the mining camp with "prize fights" (as was customary with Swearengen's previous establishment the Cricket Saloon, no prizes were actually involved), stage acts consisting of comedians, singers and dancers, and primarily, prostitutes.
The Gem Theater circa 1878. The man in the buggy on the left is thought to be Swearengen. Swearengen originally owned and operated a canvas-and-lumber saloon in Deadwood known as the Cricket, which featured gambling and hosted prizefights. Shortly afterward, he closed it down and opened a larger saloon known as the Gem Theater. [5]
Swearengen was among the first settlers of Deadwood, earning him several land claims and a position of considerable power and influence. The Gem Saloon offers alcohol, prostitution, and faro, and also acts as Swearengen's base of operations. He is presumably the most wealthy and influential person in the camp, relied upon to oversee many local ...
On April 7, 1877, Al Swearengen, who controlled Deadwood's opium trade, also opened a saloon; his was called the Gem Variety Theater. The saloon burned down and was rebuilt in 1879. When it burned down again in 1899, Swearengen left town. As the economy changed from gold panning to deep mining, the individual miners went elsewhere or began to ...
Deadwood is an American Western television series that aired on the premium cable network HBO from March 21, 2004, ... Gem Saloon worker Titus Welliver: Silas Adams:
Upon arrival in Deadwood, Star and Bullock rent a vacant lot from Dan Dority, who tells them that payment is due every morning to Al Swearengen, the proprietor of the Gem Saloon, a local brothel. At the Gem, prostitute Trixie shoots a customer in the head after he becomes abusive.
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In 1876, former marshal Seth Bullock arrives in the gold mining camp of Deadwood, South Dakota to open a hardware store with his business partner Sol Star.The owner of their land plot and manager of saloon/brothel the Gem, Al Swearengen, schemes to jack up the price of a dry gold placer claim and sell it to wealthy Brom Garret.