Soon after he arrived from Kansas as "an invalid boy" at age 14 in 1884, Enos Mills bonded with Colorado's wildlife, mountains, and wilderness. Growing strong and self-reliant, he roamed the American West summer and winter, experiencing numerous spine-chilling adventures, but always returned to his cabin at the foot of Longs Peak near Estes Park. Famed explorer and nature writer John Muir inspired young Mills in his pursuits as naturalist, writer, speaker, and conservationist. Other titles aptly fit Mills, as well, including miner, nature guide, Colorado's Snowman, innkeeper, and most especially, the "father" of Rocky Mountain National Park. As boy and as man, Enos Mills lived a remarkable mountain life. Enos Mills will be presented by storyteller and author of a Mills biography, John Stansfield who began following the tracks of Muir and Mills and exploring the West in 1960 and has never stopped. His book, "Writers of the American West: Multicultural Learning Encounters" , received a Colorado Authors' League Award and was a finalist for the Colorado Book Award in 2002.