A Trip Through Yellowstone Park

A Trip Through Yellowstone Park, 1895

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Turpin, Frances Lynn
Title: A Trip Through Yellowstone Park
Dates: 1895 (inclusive)
18951895
Quantity: 1 item
Collection Number: Collection 502, MtBC, us (collection)
Summary: A Trip Through Yellowstone Park, is a daily journal of a tour of Yellowstone Park containing a detailed chronicle of the accommodations and the personalities of Mrs. Turpin's fellow travelers and the many individuals they met. It describes the many difficulties encountered during early trips through the Park. Vivid accounts of the natural phenomena and wildlife are also present and her first experiences with camping are described.
Repository: Montana State University Library, Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections
Montana State University-Bozeman Library
Merrill G Burlingame Special Collections
P.O. Box 173320
Bozeman, MT
59717-3320
Telephone: 4069944242
Fax: 4069942851
Access Restrictions: This collection is open for research.
Languages: English
Sponsor: Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Mrs. Frances Lynn Turpin of St. Louis, Missouri was a member of a party of ten people that toured Yellowstone National Park from August 8 to August 21, 1895. Also in the party were Florence Ballinger's mother Mrs. M.S. Ballinger and her sister, Brunett Ballinger, of Livingston, Montana. Florence Ballinger later created a transcript of the account made by Mrs. Turpin of the trip. Florence was the wife of James M. Hamilton, the third president of Montana State University.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

This daily journal of a tour of Yellowstone Park contains a detailed chronicle of the accommodations and the personalities of Mrs. Turpin's fellow travelers and the many individuals they met. It describes the many difficulties encountered during early trips through the Park. Vivid accounts of the natural phenomena and wildlife are also present and her first experiences with camping are described.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

Transcribed reminiscence of Frances Lynn Turpin, prepared by Florence Ballinger, was donated to the Montana State University Library by Merrill G. Burlingame for copying in 1967. Mrs. Florence (Ballinger) Hamilton assembled a transcript of the original journal written by Frances Lynn Turpin in 1895. The locations of the original account by Mrs.Turpin and Mrs. Hamilton's original transcript are unknown.

Processing Note

This collection was processed 2009 May 26

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Geographical Names

Yellowstone National Park-Description and travel

Other Creators

Personal Names
- Hamilton, Florence Ballinger (creator)

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