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Monthly Archives: November 2011

A Tale: Rolling Boulders Down Gardiner Canyon — Wingate, 1885

November 26, 2011

“It was wonderful to see a stone the size of a trunk leap into the air in a plunge of 200 or 300 feet, strike the shelf below as if thrown by a catapult, and with such tremendous force as to rebound twenty feet….”

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Happy Thanksgiving!

November 24, 2011

A Scene: The Great Falls of the Yellowstone — Washburn, 1870

November 19, 2011

The water, just before it breaks into spray, has a beautiful green tint, as has also the water in the canyon below. …. The mingling of green water and white spray with the rainbow tints is beautiful beyond description.

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Twin Bridges To Play for Montana Football Championship

November 13, 2011

“I attended that game in 1955, but didn’t watch much of it. A blizzard blew in the night before and temperatures hovered in the low teens on game day—with a stiff wind and blowing snow.”

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A Tale: Pioneer Photographer Documents Hunting Expedition Near Yellowstone Park — 1889

November 12, 2011

When I received my copy of the fall issue of the Pioneer Museum Quarterly last week, I was delighted to …

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Teddy Roosevelt Describes Tame Bears in Yellowstone Park — c. 1914

November 5, 2011

“It is curious to think that the descendants of the great grizzlies which were the dread of the early explorers and hunters should now be semi-domesticated creatures.”

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