BY LISA BARIL 05/12/15 The small mountain town of Gardiner, Montana, lies nestled in the shadows of the Absaroka Mountains to the east and the Gallatin Range to the west. Its southern edge meets Yellowstone National Park at the confluence of the Yellowstone and Gardner Rivers, and then stretches three miles northwest along a narrow […]
Gardiner, Montana—End of the Line
A Town’s Raw Mountain Mood at Yellowstone’s North Entrance BY LISA BARIL During the summer of 1911, Dorothy Pardo boarded a south-bound locomotive at the red brick train depot in Livingston, Montana. She was destined for the small mountain town of Gardiner at Yellowstone National Park’s doorstep. During the leisurely two-hour ride through Paradise Valley, Dorothy leaned […]