Century-Old Log Inn Was Guidebook Authors Playhouse

In honor of the centennial of Yellowstone Park's Old Faithful Inn, author Janet Chapple shares her memories about spending summers within view of Old Faithful Geyser on a new page of her Yellowstone guidebooks companion Web site: http://www.yellowstonetreasures.com/old_faithful_inn.htm Chapples award-winning guide, "Yellowstone Treasures: The Travelers Companion to the National Park" is "a gold mine of information."

Providence, RI May 5, 2004 - During World War II, while Old Faithful Inns guests were out for the day, the transportation agents two small daughters played hide-and-seek in the corridors of Yellowstone National Parks premier lodging. As the namesake inn of Old Faithful Geyser celebrates its one hundredth birthday this spring, author Janet Chapple shares her memories about her unforgettable playhouse and about spending summers within view of the geyser. The story appears on a page of her Yellowstone guidebooks companion Web site: http://www.yellowstonetreasures.com/old_faithful_inn.htm Along with reminiscences, the article provides pictures of the inn and information about the centennial celebrations.

On three weekends, May 7-9, June 19-20, and August 28-29, the National Park Service and park concessionaire Xanterra will commemorate the opening of Old Faithful Inn in 1904. Guests will participate in historical presentations, a stagecoach tour, lectures, and other events during the May weekend. The popular inn now opens every year in May, but the first day it was open in 1904 was June first. With the building of the first-class inn, visitors to Upper Geyser Basin finally had comfortable overnight accommodations.

This summers Yellowstone visitors to the inn and the park will find their trips enhanced by Chapples award-winning guide, Yellowstone Treasures: The Travelers Companion to the National Park.     The book won the Gold Award for Travel Guides in ForeWord Magazine's 2002 Book of the Year Awards and is available at online and local bookstores and also in Yellowstone visitor centers and gift shops. Previous visitors have called it indispensable, a gold mine of information, and entertainment, education, and expanded map rolled into one. The books companion site gives further tips and timely articles that answer travelers questions.

About Granite Peak Publications LLC
Granite Peak Publications plans to publish a revised edition of Yellowstone Treasures in Spring 2005. Other books on subjects relating to the Greater Yellowstone area are being considered.

Contact: Janet Chapple, Publisher           
Granite Peak Publications LLC
Phone & Fax: 401-724-0435
P.O. Box 603120
Providence, RI 02906
More park and media information at:
http://www.yellowstonetreasures.com
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