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John Colter And Tom Murphy

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John Colter and Tom Murphy are the two explorers that discovered the same land that is now called "Yellow Stone National Park". John Colter had gone by himself in 1808. He had discovered hot springs, bubbling mud pots, and exploding geysers. But when he told people no one believed him and no one else went because they called it "Colter 's Hell". In 1986 Tom Murphy decided to go there and look at it and some photographs, when he got there he saw wild life and everything John Colter had seen almost one century ago. John Colter was attacked by Indians and was forced to be their human hunt, they took his clothing and all of his possessions. As John was about to get away there was one who was on his heels and speeding up, he quickly turned around

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