A Tale: Jim Bridger’s Descriptions of Yellowstone Wonders — Gunnison, 1852
“Geysers spout up seventy feet high, with a terrific hissing noise, at regular intervals. Waterfalls are sparkling, leaping, and thundering down the precipices ….”
Monthly Archives: September 2011
A Tale: Watching a Giant Grizzly — Seton, c. 1900
“It was growing dark, and the bear looked a shocking size, as big as a whale. Dear me, perhaps Nimrod was inside—Jonah style.”
A Tale: Guiding the Nez Perce Through Yellowstone Park — 1877
“After traveling about a mile, I heard seven distinct shots fired, and supposed all the persons had been killed.”
A Tale: Ajax Takes a Trip to Yellowstone Park —1880
“I carefully walked toward it and stopped in awe at the fearful sight that met my gaze when a light breeze wafted the steam from me, as I was at the brink of that hellish hole. One more careless step and—the end.”
