Send us a text The Fountain Hotel was shrouded in mystery. It was the fanciest resort in Yellowstone, but not all their guests checked out. Newspapers across the nation carried the story about the millionaire’s missing heir. Park security investigated a mysterious bell that rang for service in an empty room. A party of motorists who just vanished perplexed people for decades. Park rangers and guests alike were pleased when the luxury hotel was torn down in 1927, taking with ...
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Send us a text The Fountain Hotel was shrouded in mystery. It was the fanciest resort in Yellowstone, but not all their guests checked out. Newspapers across the nation carried the story about the millionaire’s missing heir. Park security investigated a mysterious bell that rang for service in an empty room. A party of motorists who just vanished perplexed people for decades. Park rangers and guests alike were pleased when the luxury hotel was torn down in 1927, taking with ...
Fact to Fiction: The Real Inspiration for The Virginian
Pioneers of Outlaw Country: Wyoming History
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Fact to Fiction: The Real Inspiration for The Virginian
Send us a text The Harvard student of law bent over his journal, writing in camp light and by kerosene. He was capturing the words that he would one day use to write the most popular Western fiction in the world. In 1885, a young tourist arrived in Wyoming and went by stage to Medicine Bow. He was a 24 year old Owen Wister who faithfully recorded in his journal all that he saw - and he wasn't very impressed! Years later, these jottings were the experiences of the Tenderfoot and t...
Pioneers of Outlaw Country: Wyoming History
Send us a text The Fountain Hotel was shrouded in mystery. It was the fanciest resort in Yellowstone, but not all their guests checked out. Newspapers across the nation carried the story about the millionaire’s missing heir. Park security investigated a mysterious bell that rang for service in an empty room. A party of motorists who just vanished perplexed people for decades. Park rangers and guests alike were pleased when the luxury hotel was torn down in 1927, taking with ...
