Category: Mountain Men
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A Tale: Seeing the ‘spouting springs’ with Jim Bridger — James Gemmell, 1846
Bridger proposed to show me the wonderful spouting springs at the head of the Madison.
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A Tale: Osborne Russell Tangles With Blackfeet — 1839
“The Indian who shot me was within eight feet and made a spring towards me with his uplifted battle-axe.”
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A Tale: The First Written Description of Yellowstone Geysers — Daniel T. Potts, 1827
“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,”