Earthquake Series: 1959 Hebgen Lake, Montana; Magnitude 7.5. Damaged Building: Duck Creek Motel at Intersection of Highways 191 and 287 North of West Yellowstone, Montana
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Resource ID
1445
Resource Type
Photo
Title
Earthquake Series: 1959 Hebgen Lake, Montana; Magnitude 7.5. Damaged Building: Duck Creek Motel at Intersection of Highways 191 and 287 North of West Yellowstone, Montana
Author
Montana Historical Society, Helena, Montana
Date
November 30, 1958
State
Montana
Keywords
earthquake
Accession
UGS-P1084
Camera make / model
Exp10000XL
Original filename
P1959116.jpg
Notes
Part of the 1995-1997 Personalizing the Earthquake Threat publication by the University of Utah Seismograph Stations, Earthquake Education Services; U.S. Geological Survey NEHRP project, award 1434-95-G-2566.
Caption
Duck Creek Cabins (Motel) are Located About 8 Miles North of West Yellowstone at the Intersection of Highway 191 and Former State Highway 287 that Passes Hebgen Lake. A Story in The Night the Mountain Fell by Edmund Christopherson, p. 7, Says "In the Confusion that Followed when the First Shock Hit Jerry Yetter, who Operates the Duck Creek Cabins Near West Yellowstone Jumped Out of Bed and Knocked on All the Cabin Doors to Warn the Occupants of the Quake. Only After He'd Finished the Job did he Realize that he was Wearing No Clothes at All. His Wife Iris, Ran onto the Front Porch. The Porch Dropped into the Basement. She Climbed Out Got into the Car and Didn't Stop Until She Reached Bozeman 90 Miles to the North.
Marker lat / long: 44.781846, -111.113354 (WGS84)
