The research on early Black Hills and Badlands history was ably assisted
by Miss June Carothers, whose services were provided the author through
a generous grant-in-aid by the University of Denver’s Bureau of
Humanities and Social Development.
Miss Ina T. Aulls, Mrs. Alys Freeze, Mrs. Opal Harber, Miss Margery
Bedinger, Mrs. Margaret Simonds, Mrs. Elizabeth Kingston, and Mrs. Clara
Cutright, all of the Denver Public Library, are particularly to be
thanked for placing the resources of that institution at my disposal.
For assistance in preparing the manuscript, I wish to thank Miss Helen
Kiamos, Miss Edith Goldfarb, and Miss Lillian Helling.
I am indebted to Bell Photo of Rapid City for the photograph of the
Needles highway; to Ned Perrigoue of Rapid City for that of Sylvan Lake;
to the Denver Public Library Western Collection for those of Calamity
Jane, Wild Bill Hickok, and Deadwood Gulch in 1881; and to Mr. A. H.
Pankow of the South Dakota State Highway Commission for that of a Black
Hills stream.
And finally, as always, thanks go to my wife, Ann, for her patient
editorial help.