"The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reported this morning that a group of tourists had been caught on video standing within a few feet of the famous Old Faithful Geyser."
Geyser
A Tale: Saving a Scalded Man — c. 1872
"The formation gave way with us, my companion going down with it into the horrible seething pool. I narrowly escaped by falling backward into the solid form formation."
A Tale: Hour Spring, A Geyser by Another Name — c. 1834
"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
"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,"
A Tale: A Cloud-Burst of the Rarest Jewels
"John L. Stoddard was a professional writer who revealed his emotions and used figures of speech to describe what he saw. "
A Tale: Yellowstone’s First Tourists Seek “First Blood”
"Old hunters say a bear can be successfully handled (in an emergency) by waiting till he rises on his hind feet, and then smiting him under the fifth rib till he dies. They never tell how the bear amuses himself in the meantime."
A Tale: A Million Billion Barrels of Hot Water — 1871
All that hot water prompts experiments and hijinx.
A Tale: Angering Old Faithful — 1877
Did you ever wonder what would happen if you dumped a ton of rocks and rubble into Old Faithful? Frank Carpenter found out.
Why I’m Interested in Yellowstone Stories
When I was a little boy, my grandmother used to tell me stories about her trip to Yellowstone National Park in 1909. Grandma went to the park with her aunt, seven cousins, and two brothers. Great Aunt Elvina was recently widowed and her youngest daughter was born after her husband died. Family lore says that … Continue reading Why I’m Interested in Yellowstone Stories
An Event: Off to a Family Reunion
How my family came to Montana and practical jokes with Old Faithful.
M. Mark Miller, Author 