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Yellowstone by Train-A History of Rail Travel to America's First National Park. Missoula, MT: Pictorial Histories Publishing Inc. ISBN 9781575101293. Whittlesey, Lee H. (2007). Storytelling in Yellowstone-Horse and Buggy Tour Guides. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press. ISBN 9780826341174. Whittlesey, Lee H.; Watry, Elizabeth A. (2009).
Grant Village is a developed area of Yellowstone National Park, offering lodging, camping and other visitor services.It is located on the southwest side of Yellowstone Lake, about 2 miles (3.2 km) south of West Thumb Geyser Basin.
Yellowstone National Park: Three trailside museums and a staff residence built 1929–1931, whose National Park Service rustic architecture was a major influence on buildings in national, state, and county parks around the U.S. during the New Deal. [13] 10: North Entrance Road Historic District: North Entrance Road Historic District
In commemoration of Roosevelt's 1903 visit, a tent camp called Camp Roosevelt was set up by the Wylie Permanent Camping Company. [3] The lodge was built in 1919, and with the nearby supporting buildings built in subsequent years, was planned to give the ambience of a dude ranch. [4] Significant buildings include:
Yellowstone National Park is a national park of the United States located in the northwest corner of Wyoming and extending into Montana and Idaho.It was established by the 42nd U.S. Congress through the Yellowstone National Park Protection Act and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant on March 1, 1872.
A campground is located on the lake's southeast shore. Yellowstone National Park's South Entrance Road (which is also numbered as U.S. Route 287, U.S. Route 89, and U.S. Route 191), run along the east side of Lewis Lake. [2] Like the river, Lewis Lake is named for Meriweather Lewis, commander of the Lewis and Clark Expedition [3]
Nez Perce National Historic Trail – Nez Perce tribe traversed Yellowstone during Nez Perce War of 1877; People Explorers. Robert Adams, Jr. – U.S. Geological Surveys 1871–1875; Jim Bridger – Mountain man familiar with Yellowstone region (1856) John Colter – First person of European descent to visit Yellowstone region
Yellowstone National Park: Park: Fort Yellowstone is a former United States Army base created in 1888 to guard the park. It became administrative headquarters of Yellowstone National Park. [6] 6: Heart Mountain Relocation Center