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First Women in Yellowstone

Stories of women who visited Yellowstone Park before 1883 when completion of the Northern Pacific’s transcontinental route brought in a new type of traveller.

An Event: Getting Ready To Present “The Nez Perce in Yellowstone” at The Pioneer Museum

September 9, 2012September 9, 2012 / mmarkmiller / 3 Comments

"The talk, which is part of the Gallatin Historical Society's Fall Lecture Series, will focus the dramatic stories told by tourists who survived run-ins with the Indians in the Summer of 1877."

First Women: Mary Wylie Crosses Yellowstone Park in a Covered Wagon — 1880

January 21, 2011August 5, 2012 / mmarkmiller / 1 Comment

"Sometimes tree stumps were too tall to let the wagons pass .... [and] the party had to hitch a team to the back of the wagon and pull it back so they could cut the stump lower."

A Tale: Mabel Cross Osmond: Dolly Saved My Life — 1874

January 16, 2011September 25, 2011 / mmarkmiller / 1 Comment

Mabel said “Dolly” saved her life “by instantly stopping when ... my saddle turned, leaving me hanging head downward, helplessly strapped in until the others could reach me.”

A Tale: Doughnuts in Bear Grease, Sarah Tracy — 1873

January 12, 2011October 27, 2012 / mmarkmiller / 2 Comments

Here's one of the stories I plan to share at my "Stong Women" presentation this afternoon.

A Tale: Emma Cowan Visits Mammoth — 1873

January 6, 2011January 17, 2011 / mmarkmiller / Leave a comment

"My fairy books could not equal such wonderful tales. Fountains of boiling water, thrown hundreds of feet into the air ... pools of water in whose limpid depths tints of various rainbows were reflected." mounds and terraces of gaily colored sand.”

A Tale : Emma Stone Tours Yellowstone — 1872

December 31, 2010June 13, 2011 / mmarkmiller / 4 Comments

"Then we came upon a man holding in his arms the greatest curiosity of all, a baby! We went on a bit farther and saw a woman!"

A Tale: An October Snow Storm at Yellowstone Canyon — 1880

December 22, 2010May 30, 2013 / mmarkmiller / 6 Comments

"The horses were gone and we were at the end of our rations with a big storm upon us."

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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