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The Old Faithful Inn replaced the Upper Geyser Basin Hotel, also known as the "Shack Hotel", which had burned down. The Northern Pacific Railroad, in the form of the Yellowstone Park Association operating company, was required by the terms of its concession to build a new hotel no closer than 1/8 mile of Old Faithful, a stipulation the Yellowstone Park Association observed to the letter.
View from the front of the Lake Hotel, showing the iconic porticoes Robert Reamer, the man who gave the Lake Hotel its iconic Neo-Classical look. The initial construction of the Lake Hotel was tumultuous, in 1886 a lease was given to the Yellowstone Park Association (YPA) for the construction of 4 different hotels on 4 different sites, one of those being the Lake Hotel.
On May 22, 1902 it became the Yellowstone Forest Reserve with lands of 6,580,920 acres (26,632.0 km 2). [1] The reserve was first suggested by General Philip Sheridan in 1882 after a visit to Yellowstone National Park. Sheridan recommended that the park be expanded 40 miles (64 km) to the east and 10 miles (16 km) to the south.
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Where to Stay: Best Western Edgewater Resort (from $141; $114/night); Talus Rock Retreat (from $240/night); Lookout Tower (from $200/night, sleeps 2) At first, Sandpoint may not seem like the most ...