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A Tale: Gunshot Man Crawls to Safety — George Cowan, 1877

July 5, 2012September 17, 2012 / mmarkmiller / 1 Comment

" I supposed that I was the only one of the party left, unless it be my wife, and the speculations upon her fate almost set me mad. "

An Event: Ready To Tell “Smart Women” About The Nez Perce In Yellowstone

May 8, 2012September 8, 2012 / mmarkmiller / 1 Comment

I'll focus on the human drama of the Indians' encounters with tourists in Yellowstone Park.

A Tale: A Battle With Fleeing Nez Perce — 1877

March 31, 2011February 19, 2012 / mmarkmiller / 5 Comments

"I saw half a dozen guns leveled at me so I made myself small as I could.... Bang! bang! bang! then zip! zip! zip! went the balls, but none struck me."

Researching Attitudes Toward Indians

September 7, 2010July 5, 2012 / mmarkmiller / 1 Comment

What would it feel like to wake up in a wilderness with a lead slug embedded in your skull and remember watching your wife being dragged away by hostile Indians?

Outline Complete for Encounters in Yellowstone 1877

August 29, 2010April 2, 2011 / mmarkmiller / 1 Comment

"Like a nuclear chain reaction, each attack breaks up a group of people yielding several dramatic stories."

A Tale: Captured by Indians by Emma Cowan—1877

August 5, 2010March 8, 2014 / mmarkmiller / 8 Comments

A young woman watches in horror while Indians shoot her husband in the head.

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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