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September 13, 2021

I’m excited to have an exciting book trailer to promote Burning Ground!  

August 30, 2021

“About half of Earth’s geysers are located in Yellowstone National Park in the United States.”   “Precipitation trends and climate changes can affect geysers. Eruption intervals at Old Faithful Geyser have changed in the past, and it even ceased erupting in the 13th and 14th centuries because of a severe drought. How often geysers erupt […]

August 28, 2021

On this day 150 years ago! (August 28, 1871)   The Hayden Expedition packed their wagons at Bottler’s Ranch and headed toward Fort Ellis.   (In Burning Ground, the trio of Graham, Makawee, and Rides Alone were captured by hostile Piegan Blackfeet. They were taken to a camp in Norris Geyser Basin. Graham was mistakenly […]

August 27, 2021

On this day 150 Years ago! (August 27, 1871)   The Hayden group arrived at Bottler’s Ranch after 38 days exploring the heart of the future national park.   (In Burning Ground, Graham travels south with Makawee and Rides Alone to Obsidian Cliff).   Because it can be honed to an exceptionally thin edge, the […]

August 26, 2021

On this day 150 Years ago! (August 26, 1871) The Hayden Expedition leaves the Mammoth Hot Springs area on the way back to Bottler’s Ranch, situated near Emigrant Peak. Two entrepreneurs (James McCartney and Harry Horr) had staked a claim to the springs and constructed crude bath houses. They charged visitors a fee for soaking […]

August 25, 2021

On this day 150 Years ago! (August 25, 1871)  The Hayden Expedition used Baronett’s bridge on the way to Mammoth Hot Springs.   Jack Baronett emigrated from Scotland and served as a scout for the Confederacy during the Civil War. He ventured to the Montana Territory in 1864 seeking his fortune in gold. When the […]

August 22, 2021

On this day 150 Years ago! (August 22, 1871) The Hayden Expedition advances through the Pelican Valley in Yellowstone on their way north. (In Burning Ground, a sow grizzly with two cubs attacks Rides Alone – a Crow guide – while he is gutting a slain bison).

August 21, 2021

On this day 150 Years ago! (August 21, 1871) An earthquake awakened the Hayden Expedition members sleeping at Camp Hovey. The first shock lasted 20 seconds. It toppled some trees and caused the horses to spring to their feet, but no one was injured. (In Burning Ground, Makawee and Graham had to scramble from the […]

August 20, 2021

On this day 150 Years ago! (August 20, 1871) Albert Peale and two other men from the Hayden team investigated the springs at Steamboat Point. Peale recorded in his diary that two of the steam jets were “emitting with great force and making a good bit of constant noise.” (In Burning Ground, Graham and Makawee […]

August 19, 2021

On this day 150 Years ago! (August 19, 1871) The Hayden Expedition is mapping and exploring the area from their base at Camp Hovey on the eastern shore of Yellowstone Lake. (In Burning Ground, a smaller group treks to the summit of Avalanche Peak, a few miles west of Sylvan Pass at today’s East Entrance).