Gateway to Yellowstone: The Raucous Town of Cinnabar on the Montana Frontier

The town of Cinnabar, Montana, no longer exists, but when it did, it served as the immediate railroad gateway for a generation of visitors to Yellowstone National Park. When the Northern Pacific reached the tiny town in 1883, Cinnabar became the jumping-off point for visitors on their journey into “Wonderland.” Yellowstone National Park historian and prolific author Lee Whittlesey brings this Wild West town, and the heyday of railroad tourism, back to life.