Deadwood has a lot of famous places, but few are more famous than the Old Style Saloon No. 10 on Main Street. The place has been around forever, and it’s loved by locals and tourists alike for its rustic interior, laid-back atmosphere and live music.

Since 1963, the Keehn family has owned and operated the business. Lew and Marion Keehn bought it back in 1963, and today his sons and daughters — Lori Keehn, Linda Maxwell, Louie LaLonde and Gary Keehn – own the business.

But this week the family announced that the Old Style Saloon No. 10 is for sale. The asking price is $10.5 million. “I’m a firm believer that there’s something more out there in our journey in life,” LaLonde told the Rapid City Journal. “Our siblings, including myself, aren’t young anymore. So we just feel that what our new job in life is going to be a little less stressful and taxing on us, because we’re getting old.”

It’s always been one of my favorite places. The first time I lived in the Hills, in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, there was no better place to spend a cold winter night. All the local folks came down to drink, dance in the sawdust and listen to live music.

Back then we called it the Old Style. You could always spot the tourists, because they called it the Saloon No. 10. These days, it’s been reversed.  It’s either the Saloon 10 or simply “The 10.”

In 2002 during the Grizzly Gulch Fire, all of Deadwood was evacuated. But the Ten’s doors stayed wide open — dogs and people wandering in and out, people sitting on benches watching slurry bombers fly low over the city.

When gaming came to town 20 years ago, the Keehns kept things pretty much as they were. No mirrored walls, no fancy wallpaper, no thick carpet, no brass door handles.  All of the old mining tools, old photos and knick-knacks that gave it an odd museum-like quality are still there. And Wild Bill’s Death Chair is still above the door.

Of course it has become much more than a saloon in recent years. The family has added The Utter Place next door, the Deadwood Social Club upstairs and Top of the Ten — my new favorite Deadwood hangout. It’s on the second floor; you have go through the restaurant to find it. Be sure to check out the fire pit on the rooftop patio.

I’m not sure how or when the Old Style became the Saloon No. 10. The number refers to the original Nuttall & Mann’s No. 10 Saloon, where in 1876 Wild Bill Hickok was killed by Jack McCall.

The actual site of the original No. 10, reportedly named for the 10th mining claim in Deadwood Gulch, is across the street and about a block north. The saloon burned down in the 1879 fire.

The history of the Old Style goes back to 1933, on Sherman Street two blocks off Main. According to information uncovered by Mike Runge of the Deadwood Historic Preservation Office, the “Ole Style” Nightclub opened in the Martin and Mason Building, and moved to Main Street in 1938. Sometime after that, Ole became Old, and the Old Style Saloon No. 10 was born.