What is

a Yellowstone Savage?

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This page is dedicated to:

The Women of Yellowstone '73
(and the brave people who put up with them!)

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A YELLOWSTONE SAVAGE

Yellowstone became a National Park in 1872,
long before automobiles were used for transportation. Stagecoaches transported tourists, or "dudes", who wished to view and explore Yellowstone's many natural wonders and abundant wildlife. Stagecoach drivers were a tough, rowdy lot known as "Savages". It is no surprise that the slang term for a concession employee who works at Yellowstone Park is still a "Savage".

Other specific terms apply to Yellowstone Savages. For instance, most dudes would be surprised to learn that the smiling person who serves food in the lodge dining room is a "dude heaver". Dudes need to ask a lodge or cabin maid if it is truly an honor to be a "biffy queen". Perhaps the dude is not a dude at all, but a "sagebrusher" -- a dude who camps in a tent. Today, dudes and sagebrushers no longer arrive by stagecoach. They arrive in cars and campers . . . thousands of them.

 

Attention Geyser Gazers ...
click on my photo of Old Faithful
to see it erupt LIVE on Web Cam!

To learn more about Yellowstone, read:

A Yellowstone Savage --
Life In Nature's Wonderland

      

 
Joyce B. Lohse, author of
A Yellowstone Savage - Life In Nature's
Wonderland, gives readers an insiders look at
everyday life in Yellowstone National Park.
ISBN: 0-944915-00-0       $7.95     J.D. Charles Publishing

Comments from other Savages:

Whether you have spent an entire summer in the park, or a single day,
'A Yellowstone Savage' stirs brilliant memories of America'swonderland.
                                   --Kyle Hannon, author of The Yellowstone Faithful

The book was great!! It was hard to put it down (but I had to since it would
get to be 4 in the morning while I was reading it!!) It is a good read
that I would recommend to any Yellowstone fan.
-- Matthew "Funky Geyserman" McLean

Comments from the author:

If you are interested in Yellowstone . . .
if you ever wondered what it is like to live and work there . . . this book
is for you. It contains 130 pages of tales, history, drawings, photographs,
and more.  For people who have worked at Yellowstone, this book will
take you back and revive some great memories.