Marion Dyer Travel Diary Excerpt
July 13, 1919

The diary describes the July 12-23, 1919 automobile trip by a group of Butte, Montana, residents through Yellowstone National Park. The diary lists the author's brother William or "Bill", mother Lida, Eugene "Gene" Giard, William G. Hoage, and Mr. & Mrs. Kelly as fellow travelers. Its description of the journey includes many tire punctures, wrong turns, separated travelers, and encounters with wildlife, including a visit to the camp by a grizzly bear.

The group stopped in Whitehall (MT), Ennis (MT), Gardiner (MT), and Livingston (MT) along the way as well as visiting many of the Park's natural and built features. Primarily camping along the way, the group fished and hiked.

In this excerpt, Dyer remarked on the challenges of navigating the poor roads, writing, “...the roads were very rocky. We stopped for a drink at several springs. At 5 o’clock we over took Mr. Hoage with a flat tire. The boys had just finished changing it when they noticed that the other back tire was bulging...”

Paper. W 16.5, H 10.2 cm
Yellowstone National Park, YELL 134154