Ellen Found: Short Story — Carla Kelly

Set in location of Old Faithful Inn, 1903-4.

Working in a discouraging café, Ellen escapes an awful situation in rough and tumble Butte, Montana, and goes to work as second in command to a wary cook in the shell that will become Old Faithful Inn in Yellowstone Park.

She meets Charles Penrose, head carpenter on the massive project of Old Faithful Inn, which is being finished in a harsh Wyoming winter.

Will it really open June 1, 1904?
Can Ellen start to trust the other workers?
What will she learn about the other employees?

And Charles.
He's a widower with a young daughter there, too.
Like Ellen, he wants more.