A Tale: Teddy Roosevelt Bags an Elk on Two Ocean Pass — 1891
” I saw the tips of a pair of mighty antlers, and I peered over the crest with my rifle at the ready. Thirty yards off, behind a clump of pinyons, stood a huge bull.”
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A Tale: A Fur Trader Travels to Geyserland — Ferris, 1834
“From the surface of a rocky plain or table, burst forth columns of water of various dimensions, projected high in the air, accompanied by loud explosions, and sulphurous vapors, … The largest of these wonderful fountains, projects a column of boiling water several feet in diameter, to the height of more than one hundred and fifty feet.”
A Tale: One Good, Square Drink — General W.E. Strong, 1875
“The horses were going rapidly, with a drunken driver fast asleep, and only a foot between the outer wheels and the brink of the precipice two hundred feet high—where, if a horse slipped and went down, or a wheel came off, there was no hope for us.”
An Event: Preparing a Stone Soup Story to Present in Ennis
I’ve been getting ready to present my Humanities Montana program “Sidesaddles and Geysers” at the Madison Valley Library in Ennis. …
Two Ocean Pass and the Mystery of the Fishless Waters
“it is certain that there is no obstruction even in dry weather to prevent the passage of trout from the Snake River to Yellowstone Lake; it is quite evident that trout do pass over in this way; and it is almost absolutely certain that Yellowstone Lake was stocked with trout from the west”
A Tale: Part 6: A Lady’s Visit To The Geysers Of The Yellowstone Park — HWS 1880.
The final installment of HWS’s chronicle of her Yellowstone adventure begins at the edge of the Grand Canyon of the …
A Tale: Part 5: A Lady’s Visit To The Geysers Of The Yellowstone Park — HWS 1880
HWS abandons her wagon and mounts “a sober old creature named Foxey” to cross the roadless wilderness to the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.
An Event: Getting Ready for Danforth Gallery in Livingston
I’ve been getting ready to present my Humanities Montana program “Sidesaddles and Geysers” on Tuesday, March 6, at the Danforth …
A Tale: A Lady’s Visit To The Geysers Of The Yellowstone Park (Part 4) — HWS 1880.
“We traveled over a road made of obsidian, which is a sort of volcanic glass, of a reddish black color, and glistened beautifully in the sun.”
News: Raptors of the West Wins 2011 Montana Book Award
Last Saturday I spent the day at Chico Hot Springs with other members of the Montana Book Award choosing this …
