History is about people, and this guide gives you the full insight into one of the most incredible places on earth, Yellowstone Park.

Learn the stories of the Indian people who lived and traveled through Yellowstone, as well as the mountain men who were the first white people to find and explore Yellowstone. Imagine their amazement! Also learn about the government explorers who mapped the area and fought hard to make it a park, the poachers and other exploiters who threatened the park, and those who protected it.

Read about the travelers, foreign and domestic, high-born and ordinary folks, who sojourned here. You'll find all the thrills, travails, adventures, drama and peaceful satisfaction of countless people during Yellowstone's history.

Easy and a pleasure to read, this travel guidebook allows you to begin at whichever of the five entrances to the park you choose. Then, follow Yellowstone's story as you follow the roads and the backroads of this national treasure.

Written by Win Blevins, one of the finest storytellers about the people who explored and traveled the west, this guide is a unique joy.

"Win Blevins has long since won his place among the West's very best." -- Tony Hillerman

"Blevins's sweeping vision of the American frontier is just plain irresistible." -- Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear

"No one writes about the fur trappers' Westering experience better than Win Blevins. He has a poet's way with words and imagery to match the wilderness reality." -- Lucia St. Clair Robson