Drugs and Depression in Deadwood

Not bad on the lurid story title, huh. This is Tom Tabor in conversation with Wendy Walsh, Alan Tabor, Griffin Walsh and Jennifer Latimer.
Wendy: Did your family suffer any during the Depression, or not. Tom: We lived out in Deadwood. Wendy: Right, so just… Tom: So, it didn’t hit out there. Gold mining was the thing. The main occupation of most people. Wendy: So that wasn’t connected to any of the rest of the stuff? Tom: No, it didn’t. Wendy: So, the community wasn’t hurt by the depression. Tom: No. I would say no. But I was just a kid. Wendy: So, your father was…? What was your fathers job? Tom: Pharmacist. Wendy: Pharmacist? Ok, your father was a pharmacist. Wendy: Now, who was the pharmacist in the family that was on….I’m trying to think of what drug it was… It was laudanum? What was the narcotic? There’s a story about somebody in the family having to set their own arm. Alan: No that was a doctor that lived upstairs… Wendy: A doctor, not a pharmacist, a doctor. Alan: ...that lived upstairs to the uh...was there a drugstore in Deadwood? Tom: Oh, yeah Alan: Your mother [Frances] told me that story. Tom: I don’t remember this story. Alan: I was a good story! So, she had broken her arm somehow. Wendy: This is your mom? Tom: My mother? Alan: Your mother. Alan: Around near closing time at the pharmacy...so like 4 or 5...and apparently there was a doctor upstairs that was a morphine addict. Wendy: Morphine. Alan: And he came down to set the arm and said, “Ok, I’m going to explain what I’m doing so if I nod out while I’m setting your arm that your dad [Floyd] could finish setting it. Alan: I don’t think she was happy about that. Tom: No, I wouldn’t think so. Let’s see if I can stay awake long enough… Alan: ...to set your arm, yeah.
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