Author: Harris, Burton, introduction by David Lavender,
Title: John Colter: his years in the Rockies.
Description: Lincoln, Univ. of Nebraska Press, (1993). G PB. Colter was a crack hunter with the Lewis and Clark expedition before striking out on his own. A solitary journey in the. winter of 1807-8 took him into present-day Wyoming. He discovered what was later called Colter's hell, hidden fires, smoking pits, and shooting water, probably the first white man to discover Yellowstone National Park. A classic book first published in 1952. Notes, bibliography & index. Stine marks on fore-edge.

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