GENRE Folk Tale
Read to find out about the tall tales of Yellowstone's early explorers.
Yellowstone
Too Strange To Believe
by Laura Mansilla | illustrated by Ron Borrensen
JOHN COLTER (1775–1813)
John Colter was an explorer. He was a member
of the Lewis and Clark Expedition that set
out to survey the American landscape. On the
return journey, John explored yellowstone.
He was probably the first person of European
descent to see the region.
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JIM BRIDGER (1804–1881)
Jim Bridger was a trapper, fur trader,
and mountain man. He set out to explore the
Yellowstone region in the late 1850s.
Jim was well known during his life and
afterward as a good storyteller, especially
a teller of tall tales.