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Hey Nanuq907
dpmule
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They are asking for old Yellowstone pictures.
Mule
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While channel surfing across Family Movie Classics, I came across the movie, Yellowstone, released in 1936. It was set in and around Old Faithful Inn and the cabins. It was fascinating to see a lot of the stuff from the still shots shown in the visitor center in motion. Apparently in those days, you could check out a horse and go to Jackson Hole, fishing , or wherever. Enjoyed seeing how Andy Devine's character got his ranger badge as compared to today's ranger training program
Did you go in the visitor center? There's the long curved counter and on the wall behind it is full human sized black and white picture of a dozen rangers. Both my grandfolks are in that photo.
I'll have to send them a few thousand photos as a start and see where it goes from there.
Thanks for the heads up!
I will have a look next time I’m in town.
Is this your Grandmother?
Mule
Yep! "Paintpot Peg", only child of Chet Lindsley, the first YNP Superintendent.
My dad actually got into a running battle with a self proclaimed Yellowstone Historian about her, some famous name I can't dredge up right now. He claimed she was only the first lady seasonal ranger in Yellowstone. So my dad sent paycheck stubs, personal letters of hers, and proved she was indeed the first Seasonal lady ranger, then of the lady rangers hired for Yosemite, they were Seasonal/Temporary. She was eventually promoted to first full-time Permanent lady Ranger in America. All 12 months of the year. See that hat in her left hand? It's sitting right here, and granddad's six shooter, and her badge.
Whoopsie, not supposed to do this... maybe this isn't her
Old Facefull - bend over and listen, see if you can hear it coming
She and her friend were the first two women to make the entire 143 mile XC ski mail route in winter, I have her skis, 13 feet long with 3 grooves.
The Land of Giants. I still think of that when I'm out in the woods.
That’s cool family history right there.
l have a buddy whose Dad was a ranger in The Park and as a kid, Larry roamed the old faithful and Canyon areas in the 40’s, he has some dang funny bear stories that have to do with cookshacks and cooks and outhouses.
Their surname is Grover.
Mule
thanks Nanuq907
just "awesome " is the best word I can come up with, what a great legacy
something to be proud of for sure
My pleasure. I have three big steamer trunks full of this memorabilia, uniforms, Commissions, hats, Park History (OFI Guest Registry) guns, boots... we've already sent a ton of stuff off to the Smithsonian and there's so much more.
These are kinda neat, they were to document his role as Postmaster before he got promoted
This is probably the best... I have a 4x8 foot map my grandparents carried out exploring and all the geysers and hydrothermals they discovered are penciled on that map, then they logged the discoveries and marked them in The Book.