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Fred Bottler

A Tale: Gilman Sawtell, Yellowstone’s First Commericial Guide

February 4, 2012 / mmarkmiller / 8 Comments

"Sawtell’s main business was harvesting and selling fish, as many as 40,000 of them a year. He reportedly caught as many as 160 trout an hour, averaging two and a half pounds each, with a hook and line.'

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: Snow Stymies An Attempt To Explore Yellowstone — 1870

August 9, 2011October 3, 2011 / mmarkmiller / Leave a comment

"When Bottler stepped into the rushing water, the torrent knocked him off his feet, swept him away and carried him downstream. Bottler grabbed an overhanging cottonwood branch and hung on."

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.

Early Yellowstone Entrepreneurs

September 18, 2010April 22, 2011 / mmarkmiller / 3 Comments

In case you missed, I've posted a link to my Big Sky Journal article on the first intrepid entrepreneurs who tried to turn a dollar in Yellowstone Park.

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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