Emerson Hough 
Maw’s Vacation 
The Story of a Human Being in the Yellowstone

As an early conservationist and outdoors reporter, author Emerson Hough helped complete one of the first comprehensive surveys of the Yellowstone in 1893. Based on his experiences there, he penned this humorous piece, which affectionately describes the first wave of salt-of-the-earth families from Middle America who picked the sprawling park as a vacation destination.