Women and Fly Fishing in Yellowstone
Brandi Burns (Museum of the Yellowstone)
As a gateway community to Yellowstone National Park, West Yellowstone serves as a resting spot, a refueling spot, and a recreation jumping-off point. But it is also home, a community of residents coming together. Women were, and still are, pillars of West Yellowstone and have been exploring, recreating, and working in the community from the beginning. From fly fishers, business owners, and the beanery queens of the railroad, these women carved out a life in this remote area of Montana and provide important stories to examine, in light of, the 150th anniversary of Yellowstone National Park.