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Introducing Free Reads

March 13, 2021April 9, 2021 / mmarkmiller / Leave a comment

I've used this blog to post stories I've found about early travel to Yellowstone Park and occasionally other stories. Also, I like to let people know about my other a ctivities: writing, speaking and occasional personal notes. Of course, I'll keep doing those things, but with some new twists. Yellowstone travel stories are getting harder … Continue reading Introducing Free Reads

A Tale: The Antelope That Got Away — Dunraven, 1874

December 10, 2011December 10, 2011 / mmarkmiller / Leave a comment

"The darned thing ... came to life, bounded to his feet, sprang into the air, coming down all four feet together, ... 'Shoot, Bottler,' I cried, 'shoot. In Heaven's name, man, can't you see the buck?'"

A Tale: A Dark and Stormy Night in Yellowstone Park — Dunraven, 1874

October 28, 2011November 5, 2011 / mmarkmiller / 5 Comments

“Now and then the fire would burn up bright, casting a fitful gleam out into the damp darkness, and lighting up the bare jaws and white skulls of the two elk-heads, which seemed to grin derisively at me out of the gloom.”

A Tale: The Last Outpost of Civilization — 1874

July 13, 2011October 3, 2011 / mmarkmiller / Leave a comment

"No doubt the neighborhood of these springs will some day become a fashionable place. At present, being the last outpost of civilization—that is, the last place where whisky is sold."

A Tale: Dunraven Says Mountain Men Led a “Delicious Life” — 1874

March 9, 2011January 18, 2015 / mmarkmiller / Leave a comment

"With an Indian wife to look after his bodily comforts, a man may devote himself to hunting, fishing, or trapping without a thought or care."

A Tale: Wapiti Are The Stupidest Brutes — 1874

November 30, 2010September 12, 2012 / mmarkmiller / 2 Comments

"He stood without betraying the slightest sign of fear or hesitation; but, as if searching with proud disdain for the intruder that had dared to invade his solitude."

A Tale: How to Pack a Mule — 1874

August 22, 2010August 1, 2012 / mmarkmiller / 1 Comment

"You may use language strong enough to split a rock — hot enough to fuse a diamond — without effect."

M. Mark Miller is a fifth-generation Montanan who grew up on a small ranch north of Yellowstone Park. His earliest memories are of his grandmother telling about her trip to the park in 1909 and her father and grandfather's trip there in 1882. Miller has capitalized on his life-long interest in Yellowstone history to assemble anthologies and write fiction and literary non-fiction. Explore these pages to find out more about his life, books and speaking.

My Books

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Intrepid explorers document the area's wonders, then lobby for creation of Yellowstone Park.

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Tourists tangle with Indians fleeing a pursuing army.

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Women tell of their adventures in Yellowstone Park more than a century ago.

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A 14-year-old boy tries to save his companion who fell into a geyser — and battles horse thieves.

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Bite-size stories of adventure and humor with geysers, waterfalls and bears.

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A woman is captured by Indians. A man is lost 37 days in the wilderness. And ten more exciting stories.

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