Yellowstone Follies: Entertaining Tourists at Yellowstone National Park Lodges and Camps, 1896-1956
By Elizabeth A. Watry
When Old Man Winter takes his hat and blows
To Young Miss Summer with her sunburned nose
Give that young lady the ha, ha, ha
Buy a railroad ticket and say ‘ta, ta’… 1
So began the opening chorus of a witty musical comedy titled “Yellowstone Girl” first performed at Yellowstone’s Canyon Lodge in 1933. Written by Grace Johnson, who at that time was a Yellowst…
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