First Known Man in Yellowstone

Jerry Bagley. Paperback In clean condition. Near Fine Condition. The Rocky Mountains were first explored by trappers who mostly couldn't read or write. For more than 100 years this man's writings were known but his name wasn't. The only clue was the initials: D. T. P. But now historians have figured it out. He was Daniel Trotter Potts, one of the few men with writing skills going to the mountains with remarkable explores- Jedediah Smith and Jim Bridger. Remarkably, he reported the earliest undisputed visit to Yellowstone Park, with its spectacular lake, astonishing hot pools, and bubbling, spouting mud pots and geysers. (First Edition)