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The Big Business Politics behind the Formation of Yellowstone National Park  

Historic memories of 150 year old Yellowstone National Park

NEWS RELEASE Yellowstone National Park turns 150 in 2022 Elk walking by a teepee next to a large stone archway  North Entrance teepee installation event  NPS / Jacob W. Frank MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY – March 1, 2022, marks the 150th anniversary of the establishment of Yellowstone National Park. Signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant, America's first national park was set aside to preserve and protect the scenery, cultural heritage, wildlife, geologic and ecological systems and processes in their natural condition for the benefit and enjoyment of present and future generations. Yellowstone serves as the core of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, one of the largest nearly intact natural ecosystems remaining on the planet. Yellowstone has the most active, diverse, and intact collections of combined geothermal features with over 10,000 hydrothermal sites and half the world's active geysers. The park is also rich in cultural and historical resources with 25 sites, landmarks a...

  Scrapbook, photos paint vivid picture of Vera Theiler’s time at Yellowstone National Park

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

Documenting Yellowstone conference coming to MSU

  “Land of the burning ground”: Yellowstone’s Native American history and traditions Release Date: July 26, 2021 We sometimes think of Yellowstone as an untouched landscape, but humans have been present in the area for over ten thousand years!  The history and traditions of Native Americans in Yellowstone are as rich as the landscape itself. Yelowstone  Caldera  Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. This week's contribution is from Cole Messa, Ph.D. student and Professor Ken Sims, both in the Department of Geology and Geophysics at the University of Wyoming. To the Crow, it was the “land of the burning ground” or “land of vapors”; to the Blackfeet it was known as “many smoke”; to the Flatheads it was “smoke from the ground”; to the Kiowa it was called “the place of hot water.” Almost 150 years after its establishment by President Ulysses S. Gr...

  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?  ellowstone  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. Sources/Usage: Public Domain.  View Media Details 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. Every  historic building  in Yellowstone has a story to tell. You may be familiar with the impressive Old Faithful Inn or Fort Yellow...

 Buses of Yellowstone Preservation Trust Receives Grant from Montana History Foundation

  Maine Man Rewrites History in Yellowstone National Park