John Colter His Years in the Rockies Author:Burton Harris John Colter was a crack hunter with the Lewis and Clark expedition before striking out on his own as a mountain man and fur trader. A solitary journey in the winter of 1807-8 took him into present-day Wyoming. To unbelieving trappers he later reported sights that inspired the name of Colter's Hell. It was a sulfurous place of hidden fires, s... more »moking pits, and shooting water. And it was real.
John Colter is known to history as probably the first white man to discover the region that now includes Yellowstone National Park. In a classic book, first published in 1952, Burton Harris weighs the facts and legends about a man who was dogged by misfortune and "robbed of the just rewards he had earned." « less
Cecil W. reviewed John Colter: His Years in the Rockies on
John Colter was a true American. I really enjoyed the true story of such an amazing man and an American legend. Mr. Harris done a wonderful job in bringing Colter back alive and back to the American soul.