Harry S. Yount by Thomas Julian Bryant

Collection

Identifier: MSS 203

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Manuscript recounting several conversations the author had with Harry S. Yount between 1921 and 1924 about his life in Wyoming from the 1860s-1920s. Many of the recollections are about hunting bears, mountain lions, and antelope in Wyoming, interactions and friendships with Native Americans, and

Two copies of the manuscript are included in the folder.

Published in Annals of Wyoming, January 1926.

Dates

Circa 1925

Creator

Bryant, Thomas Julian, 1873-1929 (Person)

Biographical Note

Yount was a Civil War veteran, military scout, trapper, mountain man, and first park ranger in Yellowstone National Park. At the time of the conversations with Bryant, Yount was retired and lived in the Wheatland.

The author, Thomas Julian Bryant, was a lawyer in Wheatland at the time of their conversations.

Extent

1 file folder

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Manuscript recounting conversations the author had with Harry S. Yount between 1921 and 1924. Yount was a Civil War veteran, military scout, trapper, mountain man, and first park ranger in Yellowstone National Park.