Russell was not overly fond of tourism, since it represented profound change in a West that he had known in its more pristine days. In 1906 the Russells built a summer cabin, Bull Head Lodge, on the shores of Lake McDonald, four years before the region was designated Glacier National Park. This watercolor was used by the W. T. Ridgley Company of Great Falls for a humorous postcard, which was widely distributed to tourist spots. The park in the title of Russell’s humorous scene was probably Yellowstone Park, famous for its bear population and not-so-cautious tourists.