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Washburn Expedition reveals Mount Everts mystery in Yellowstone
The piece recounts Henry D. Washburn leading the 1870 Yellowstone expedition with Samuel Hauser Cornelius Hedges Warren Gillette and others from Helena. It details Everts separation during the trek his perilous 37 days lost in the park and ultimate rescue near Mammoth Springs now Mount Everts.
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Martha Edgerton Plassmann
Yellowstone National Park
Mammoth Hot Springs
Mt. Everts
Everts
Yellowstone Lake
Henry D. Washburn
Montana
Indiana Volunteers
Samuel T. Hauser
Cornelius Hedges
Helena
Warren C. Gillette
King
Prickly Pear Canyon
Walter Trumbell
Truman C. Everts
Internal Revenue
Benjamin Stickney
St. Louis
Planters Hotel
Charles Dickens
Jacob Smith
N. P. Langford
Yellowstone
David Folsom
C. W. Cooke
Selsom
Cooke
Folsom
Chicago Western Monthly
Washburn
Doane
Crow Country
Howard
Park
Hedges
Low Divide
Lake
Bannack
Mr. Jéverts
Yellowstone Falls
Mr. Everts
New York
Washington
Mammoth Tot Springs
Mount Fverts
Judge Lawrence