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A Tale: Seeing the ‘spouting springs’ with Jim Bridger — James Gemmell, 1846

January 1, 2014January 1, 2014 / mmarkmiller / 1 Comment

Bridger proposed to show me the wonderful spouting springs at the head of the Madison.

A Tale: Trappers Encounter Peaceful Indians on the Yellowstone Plateau — Osborne Russell, 1834

May 19, 2013February 3, 2015 / mmarkmiller / 3 Comments

The bows were beautifully wrought from sheep, buffalo and elk horns, secured with deer and elk sinews, and ornamented with porcupine quills, and generally about three feet long.

A Tale: Joe Meek Flees Blackfeet and Finds Wonderland — c. 1829

October 31, 2012 / mmarkmiller / 1 Comment

"Joe gazed and wondered. Curious thoughts came into his head, about hell and the day of doom. "

A Tale: Another Version of Colter’s Run

October 25, 2012October 25, 2012 / mmarkmiller / 2 Comments

""He saw the younger Indians throwing off their blankets, leggings, and other encumbrances, as if for a race. Now he knew their object. He was to run a race, of which the prize was to be his own life and scalp."

A Tale: A Fur Trader Travels to Geyserland — Ferris, 1834

March 28, 2012February 27, 2013 / mmarkmiller / 5 Comments

"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: Jim Bridger’s Descriptions of Yellowstone Wonders — Gunnison, 1852

September 24, 2011January 18, 2015 / mmarkmiller / 1 Comment

"Geysers spout up seventy feet high, with a terrific hissing noise, at regular intervals. Waterfalls are sparkling, leaping, and thundering down the precipices ...."

A Tale: Osborne Russell Tangles With Blackfeet — 1839

June 8, 2011October 25, 2012 / mmarkmiller / 1 Comment

"The Indian who shot me was within eight feet and made a spring towards me with his uplifted battle-axe."

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: Hour Spring, A Geyser by Another Name — c. 1834

February 8, 2011October 7, 2013 / mmarkmiller / 6 Comments

"it begins to boil and bubble violently and the water commences raising and shooting upwards until the column arises to the height of sixty feet."

A Tale: The First Written Description of Yellowstone Geysers — Daniel T. Potts, 1827

December 6, 2010March 26, 2013 / mmarkmiller / 2 Comments

"The springs throw particles to the immense height of from twenty to thirty feet in height. The clay is white and of a pink. The water appears fathomless,"

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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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