Max Endelman
	
Max Endelman came to Juneau in 1886 and was a United States Marshall for many years. He arrived in the Klondike during the gold rush and was involved in the development of mining interests on Eldorado and other creeks.((//The Klondike Nugget// (Dawson), 1 November 1899; “Some Whose Riches Were Not Made In The Mines.” AlaskaWeb.org, 2020 website: http://alaskaweb.org/mining/nonminers.html.)) 

When Grand Forks was a developing community on Bonanza Creek, Endelman owned several dozen lots scattered through town with each lot big enough to hold several buildings. The land that Edelman had not obtained through a conveyance fee of ten dollars, he purchased for prices that ranged between $50 and $100. When the town plan overlapped his mining claim No. 6 Above Discovery, he agreed to relinquish his claim in exchange for twenty-four city lots. He sold the lots, and the community developed a downtown around Belinda Mulrooney’s Grand Forks Hotel. When Belinda decided to build in Dawson, she sold the hotel to Endelman for $24,000. Endelman doubled the size of the hotel and built another hotel, the Gold Hill. H.W. Leonard managed the Gold Hill for him.((Norm Bolotin, //Klondike Lost.// Anchorage, Alaska: Alaska Northwest Publishing Company. 1980: 37, 39.)) It was said to be one of the best hotels in the territory, fitted for comfort and convenience with the best cuisine.((//The Klondike Nugget// (Dawson), 1 November 1899; “Some Whose Riches Were Not Made In The Mines.” AlaskaWeb.org, 2020 website: http://alaskaweb.org/mining/nonminers.html.)) 

Endelman also bought the Dewey Hotel in Grand Forks at some later date. Endelman brought Violet Raymond to Grand Forks as his mistress. She was a well-known actress in Juneau where she performed at the Opera House. She left Endelman for Antone Stander and a dowry of gold dust and nuggets.((Norm Bolotin, //Klondike Lost.// Anchorage, Alaska: Alaska Northwest Publishing Company, 1980: 39, 47-48.))