(Mary) Marguerite Hutchins is seen above in her highschool graduation photo. She attended State Normal School in Dekalb, Illinois. The summer of 1915, when she was 23, she and a group of friends traveled to Yellowstone National Park to work for the summer. I have her journal and her photos. This is my attempt to document this period in her life.
June 12, 1915 - Saturday
Took North Pacific line at St. Paul at 10 o'clock at night. Came through S. Dakota. Saw Bad Lands in afternoon on Sunday. Came through Montana.
The above is a photo I particularly like that she took in 1915. My guess is there are places that still look a lot like this. But I do wonder what the big building on the right with the bell tower is. I would hazard a guess to say it is a school as it seems in the middle of nowhere for a courthouse or post office. Below I have linked the National Park Service's web site and a link to Google images of the Badlands.
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1 comment:
thank you for this wonderful adventure. have nevernbeen to yellowstone and it amazes me after seeing the ken burns documentary the national parks. she was truly a pioneer in nature exploration.
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