The Wreck of the E.C. Waters
A Yellowstone Park tale of greed
For my latest episode of 56 Counties, I tell the story of E.C. Waters, an ambitious businessman who made a fortune in the hotel business before shifting his attention to the tourist trade in Yellowstone Park.
Waters moved to Montana in the late 19th Century and owned the first hotel in Billings. But once he became enamored with Yellowstone Park, he mana…
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