One Hundred Years of Brown's Park and Diamond Mountain by Dick and Daun DeJournette
Diamond Mountain and Brown's Park have always been a big part of our lives. There is nothing more breathtaking than Diamond Mountain after a quiet rain with the cedar, sage and pine dripping with silver drops of moisture while the mountain is wrapped in a winding sheet of mist. The sun clears the mist away to reveal clear blue sky. At the head of Rye Grass Draw, you can look back over the vastness of Diamond Mountain. Facing northeast beyond the spot where Butch Cassidy's cabin was once hidden lies the long slender valley of Brown's Park, dressed in its earth-shaded tones, with the Green River winding its way through it. It seems we have always been under the spell of Diamond Mountain, and its majesty will linger in our hearts. You can't separate Diamond Mountain and Brown's Park. The tie that binds the Park and Diamond Mountain is as real as the streams of water that flow off the mountain giving life to the park. The two are co-dependent. Progress may alter the scenes, but it will never change the depth of relationship between the two areas.
As you read this book you can put yourself into the lives of the people who survived in this portion of the Rocky Mountains. Along with hardships, trials and sorrow, there is a bit of heaven tucked into each story. We have been touched by the same cherished greatness too. This is not our personal history, centers on the life and acquaintances of Ford Dejournette.
Paperback, c1994, 450 p. : ill. ; Includes Bibliographical references (p.427-433) and index.
