FAMILY2 - A Camping Trip to Yellowstone in 1897
When I posted my October 8 th blog article on Pat’s and my recent visit to Yellowstone National Park, my brother Al asked me why I hadn’t mentioned previous Ring family visits to Yellowstone, specifically our grandfather’s trip in 1897. In August 1897 my Great Grandmother (Emma Ring) and her son, my then 14-year old Grandfather (Ambrose Ring) toured Yellowstone National Park. This is their story, told partially from Emma’s trip diary and photographs. Emma was the second wife of Eugene Ring who is famous in the Ring family for his adventures surviving an unplanned trip to the California Gold Rush in 1848-1850. (See the Ring brothers’ website at http://www.ringbrothershistory.com ) In 1897 Eugene and his second wife Emma lived in New York City with Ambrose, who graduated from grammar school that spring. Emma and Ambrose then traveled to Basin, Montana, about 40 miles northeast of Butte, to spend the summer with Ambrose’s half-brother Gene who was “affiliated” wi