"The dangerous cold of that legendary winter (1886-1887) also froze Alexander "Mormon" Brown to death. Brown, about 35 and formerly of Ogden, Utah, left Gardiner with Thomas Garfield on January 2, 1887, intending to stay at a cabin five miles away. He had been drinking heavily for some time and got the DTs upon reaching the cabin. The two stayed there for two nights and on the third evening, January 4, they again fell asleep. Garfield awoke to find Brown gone. He attempted pursuit but gave up because of darkness. The following morning Garfield again followed Brown's trail, but soon petered out and he returned to Gardiner.
A search party began looking for Brown. He had left the cabin in his stocking feet without much cold-weather clothing. The party found the place where Brown had tried to wrap his feet in his shirt and another place where he had torn evergreen limbs from trees, apparently to keep his feet from touching the snow. They found the places in the deep snow where Brown had lost his footing on a slope and slid about 60 feet, regained his footing, and continued sliding to the Yellowstone River. His body was found there lying in the snow, partially covered with water. The final portion of his trail was marked with blood from his torn and naked feet. The recovery team was forced to carry Brown's body one-and-a-half miles through waist-deep snow to the Gardiner cemetery where he was interred...."-page 74
SOURCES: from Death in Yellowstone by Lee H. Whittlesey
A search party began looking for Brown. He had left the cabin in his stocking feet without much cold-weather clothing. The party found the place where Brown had tried to wrap his feet in his shirt and another place where he had torn evergreen limbs from trees, apparently to keep his feet from touching the snow. They found the places in the deep snow where Brown had lost his footing on a slope and slid about 60 feet, regained his footing, and continued sliding to the Yellowstone River. His body was found there lying in the snow, partially covered with water. The final portion of his trail was marked with blood from his torn and naked feet. The recovery team was forced to carry Brown's body one-and-a-half miles through waist-deep snow to the Gardiner cemetery where he was interred...."-page 74
SOURCES: from Death in Yellowstone by Lee H. Whittlesey
"The dangerous cold of that legendary winter (1886-1887) also froze Alexander "Mormon" Brown to death. Brown, about 35 and formerly of Ogden, Utah, left Gardiner with Thomas Garfield on January 2, 1887, intending to stay at a cabin five miles away. He had been drinking heavily for some time and got the DTs upon reaching the cabin. The two stayed there for two nights and on the third evening, January 4, they again fell asleep. Garfield awoke to find Brown gone. He attempted pursuit but gave up because of darkness. The following morning Garfield again followed Brown's trail, but soon petered out and he returned to Gardiner.
A search party began looking for Brown. He had left the cabin in his stocking feet without much cold-weather clothing. The party found the place where Brown had tried to wrap his feet in his shirt and another place where he had torn evergreen limbs from trees, apparently to keep his feet from touching the snow. They found the places in the deep snow where Brown had lost his footing on a slope and slid about 60 feet, regained his footing, and continued sliding to the Yellowstone River. His body was found there lying in the snow, partially covered with water. The final portion of his trail was marked with blood from his torn and naked feet. The recovery team was forced to carry Brown's body one-and-a-half miles through waist-deep snow to the Gardiner cemetery where he was interred...."-page 74
SOURCES: from Death in Yellowstone by Lee H. Whittlesey
A search party began looking for Brown. He had left the cabin in his stocking feet without much cold-weather clothing. The party found the place where Brown had tried to wrap his feet in his shirt and another place where he had torn evergreen limbs from trees, apparently to keep his feet from touching the snow. They found the places in the deep snow where Brown had lost his footing on a slope and slid about 60 feet, regained his footing, and continued sliding to the Yellowstone River. His body was found there lying in the snow, partially covered with water. The final portion of his trail was marked with blood from his torn and naked feet. The recovery team was forced to carry Brown's body one-and-a-half miles through waist-deep snow to the Gardiner cemetery where he was interred...."-page 74
SOURCES: from Death in Yellowstone by Lee H. Whittlesey
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