Yellowstone News and Information

Yellowstone's backcountry cabins, a link to park's history, still providing shelter in a storm

  Cody museum celebrates Yellowstone's 150th through the eyes of individuals

  How Buffalo Bill and a Civil War general saved Yellowstone National Park

  Museum of the Yellowstone: The history of West Yellowstone is intertwined with the history of the park

Registration Open for Yellowstone Conference Co-Hosted by UW Libraries, MSU Library February 18, 2022 Dayton Duncan Registration is now open for the 2022 “ Conversations on Collecting Yellowstone ” conference, which will be co-hosted by University of Wyoming Libraries and the Montana State University (MSU) Library. “Conversations on Collecting Yellowstone” will take place Sunday-Wednesday, June 5-8, at MSU in Bozeman, Mont. The conference coincides with the 150th anniversary of the creation of Yellowstone National Park. The first “Conversations on Collecting Yellowstone” conference was held in 2019 in Cody. Scholars, educators, private collectors, museum curators, librarians, archivists and members of the public are invited to the conference to explore aspects of collecting documentation about the park and its greater ecosystem, including objects, documents, stories, data and representations, and to look to the changing nature of collecting and curating these materials. “This ‘Collecti

Historic memories of 150 year old Yellowstone National Park

  Enzyme Discovered In Yellowstone Aids Groundbreaking DNA Research “And I think the really important thing that I realized, and I think it’s what motivates a lot of people in science, is that I knew I was the first person in the world to ever see this . . . . Nobody else had. I still get goosebumps. You just realize that God has given you the permission to see what’s on the other side.” Hudson Freeze, commenting on his discovery at Yellowstone in  1966, as a young undergraduate student from Indiana University’s honors program

1941 audio interview with William Henry Jackson, photographer of Yellowstone and the Old West, at age 98

  News Release Stabilization Efforts Underway on Mormon Row Historic House Limited Public Access During Preservation Activities NPS Photo/K. Birmingham News Release Date: May 11, 2021 Contact: Denise German, 307.739.3393 Contact: CJ Adams, 307.739.3431 Contact: Maddy Johnson, 307.201.7660 MOOSE, WY- The National Park Service and Grand Teton National Park Foundation are working in partnership to preserve and stabilize the historic John Moulton property, including the Pink House, on Mormon Row in Grand Teton National Park. The area will be closed to the public now through mid-summer for preservation activities. The project will include structural foundation work to stabilize the Pink House and its iconic stucco, serving to improve the visitor experience through preservation of this important historic landscape. Preservation and conservation professionals completed analyses of the building’s condition and recent monitoring efforts indicated that

  The Queen’s Laundry—the oldest historic building in Yellowstone National Park Release Date: April 19, 2021 Yellowstone is dotted with historic places.  But did you know that the oldest building that is still standing, built 140 years ago, was constructed because of a thermal spring?  Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. This week's contribution is from Annie Carlson, Research Coordinator at the Yellowstone Center for Resources, Yellowstone National Park. Queen's Laundry bathhouse, in the Lower Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park.  Building began under superintendent Philetus Norris in 1881 but was never finished. (Credit: Jim Peaco, Yellowstone National Park. Public domain.) Every historic building in Yellowstone has a story to tell. You may be familiar with the impressive Old Faithful Inn or Fort Yellowstone’s t

Historic painting of Yellowstone by African-American Pennsylvania artist acquired by Penn State museum