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03019aam a2200373 i 4500 001 644F837EF5B211EBBE1F64065AECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210805010008 008 201229s2021 sdua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2020058374 020 $a 1941813356 020 $a 9781941813355 035 $a (OCoLC)1230252709 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d MTL $d SDB $d SDS $d DLC $d OCLCO $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-sd 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23 100 1 $a Wolff, David A., $e author. 245 14 $a The savior of Deadwood : $b James K.P. Miller on the gold frontier / $c David A. Wolff. 246 30 $a James K.P. Miller on the gold frontier 264 1 $a Pierre, SD : $b South Dakota Historical Society Press, $c 2021. 300 $a 364 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Learning the ropes -- Watching and waiting -- Deadwood begins -- Hard times and hope -- Peak of the rush -- From stability to disaster -- Struggling to survive -- Opportunities and obstacles -- Progress and setbacks -- Prosperity and permanence -- Epilogue: The price of prosperity -- Appendix A: Mining camp deaths, 1876-1870 -- Appendix B: Members of James K.P. Miller's Syndicate. 520 $a "Given that his contemporaries hailed businessman James K. P. Miller as "the foremost citizen of Deadwood" and stated that his "name will always be coupled with the prosperity of Deadwood and the Black Hills," it would seem that he should be as well remembered as Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, Seth Bullock, Harris Franklin, and W. E. Adams. Yet, few in Deadwood or elsewhere have ever heard of James K. P. Miller. Dime novels did not make him a Western legend, as they did Wild Bill and Calamity Jane. No buildings carry his name, unlike Bullock and Franklin who have hotels named after them and Adams who has a museum and historic house. Similarly, Miller did not gain fame by dealing with outlaws, like Bullock, by making a fortune, like Franklin, or through philanthropy, like Adams. Miller is not even buried in Deadwood. Though time has erased most evidence of Miller's activities, he refused to let the gold camp wither away when its fortunes faded in the 1880s. By advancing several large projects, persuading outside investors to join him, and convincing railroads to build in, Miller became the town's preeminent promoter and developer. These actions brought a permanency that had never existed before. To some residents, Miller was the "savior of Deadwood.""-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Miller, James Knox Polk, $d 1845-1891. 650 0 $a Frontier and pioneer life $z Deadwood. $z Deadwood. 650 0 $a Businessmen $z Deadwood $z Deadwood $v Biography. 651 0 $a Deadwood (S.D.) $x Economic conditions $y 19th century. 651 0 $a Deadwood (S.D.) $v Biography. 941 $a 1 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20210805010104.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=644F837EF5B211EBBE1F64065AECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search