Yellowstone National Park was created on March 1, 1872 and is the first and oldest
national park in the
United States. This is a Timeline of Yellowstone history outlining significant events in the history of the park.
Over a dozen tourists from
Helena and
Radersburg, Montana traveling in the park were captured by Nez Perce. Two–Charles Kenck (August 26) and Richard Dietrich (August 31) were killed. Several others were wounded.[7]
1877 - 1881 -
Philetus Norris is appointed as the first paid superintendent of the park.
Mattie S. Culver, age 30, died of tuberculosis at the hotel on March 2, 1889. Mrs. Culver was the wife of the hotel's winter keeper, E. C. Culver. Adelaide Child, the wife of the Yellowstone Park Improvement Company president
Harry W. Child, ensured a proper burial, memorial and fenced in tombstone near the hotel. The grave is visible today a few 100 feet (30 m) west of the Nez Perce Picnic Area.[8]
1881 -
Frank Jay Haynes becomes defacto official photographer for Yellowstone until his death in 1921.[9]
1882 - The Yellowstone Park Improvement Company, with backing by the
Northern Pacific Railroad was formed and awarded major concessions to build and manage park amenities.
May 7, 1894 -
Lacey Act of 1894 was passed as "An Act To protect the birds and animals in Yellowstone National Park, and to punish crimes in said park, and for other purposes."[17]
1907 - The
Lamar Buffalo Ranch was established to preserve one of the last free-roaming
bison (buffalo) herds in the United States when 28 bison were moved from
Fort Yellowstone to the
Lamar Valley in the northeast portion of the park.[21]
August 17, 1959 - The 7.5
Hebgen Lake earthquake just outside the park causes extensive damage to some park roads and structures and alters many geothermal features.[25]
August 8, 1960 - The 1910
Canyon Hotel, abandoned in 1959, burned to the ground.[26]
August 25, 2010 new Old Faithful Visitor Education Center opens in upper geyser basin.
2011 - National Park service issues regulations requiring the killing of non-native trout in some park waters and encouraging the killing of non-native trout in the Native Trout Management Area waters of the park.
Notes
^Russell, Osborne; Haines, Aubrey L.. Journal of a Trapper: In the Rocky Mountains Between 1834 and 1843; Comprising a General Description of the Country, Climate, Rivers, Lakes.
ISBN1-58976-052-2.{{
cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (
link)
^Haines, Aubrey L. (1996). The Yellowstone Story-A History of Our First National Park. Vol. I (Second Revised ed.). Niwot, CO: University Press of Colorado. pp. 64–65.
ISBN0-87081-391-9.
^Haines, Aubrey L. (1996). The Yellowstone Story-A History of Our First National Park. Vol. I (Second Revised ed.). Niwot, CO: University Press of Colorado. pp. 144–146.
ISBN0-87081-391-9.
^Scott, Kim Allen (2007). "There is such an element in human affairs as fortune, good or bad:The Snake River Expedition". Yellowstone Denied-The Life of Gustavus Cheyney Doane. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press. pp. 103–128.
ISBN978-0-8061-3800-8.
^Beal, Merrill D. (1963). "I Will Fight No More Forever"-Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce War. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press. pp. 162, 177.
^Haines, Aubrey L. (1996). "Warfare in Wonderland". The Yellowstone Story-A History of Our First National Park (Vol. 1). Boulder, CO: University of Colorado Press. pp. 216–239.
ISBN0-87081-390-0.
^
abWhittlesey, Lee H. (October 1980). "Marshall's Hotel in the National Park". Montana Magazine of Western History. 30 (4). Helena, Montana: Montana Historical Society Press: 42–51.
^Tilden, Freeman (1964). "XVIII-F. Jay Haynes-Yellowstone Concessionaire". Following the Frontier with F. Jay Haynes-Pioneer Photographer of the Old West. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. pp. 372–398.
^Whittlesey, Lee H. (2006). Yellowstone Place Names. Gardiner, MT: Wonderland Publishing. p. 144.
ISBN1-59971-716-6.
^Hartley, Robert E. (2007). Saving Yellowstone-The President Arthur Expedition of 1883. Westminster, CO: Sniktau Publications.
ISBN978-1-4257-7121-8.
^Waite, Thornton (2006). Yellowstone By Train-A History of Rail Travel to America's First National Park. Helena, Montana: Pictorial Histories Publishing Inc. p. 32.
ISBN9781575101293.
^Hampton, H. Duane (1972). "The Early Years in Yellowstone: 1872–1882". How the U.S. Cavalry Saved Our National Parks. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. pp. 53–80.
ISBN0-253-13885-X.
^Schullery, Paul (1994). "Schwatka and Haynes". Yellowstone Ski Pioneers-Peril and Heroism on the Winter Trail. Worland, WY: High Plain Publishing Company. pp. 27–48.
^Tilden, Freeman (1964). "XVI-Haynes First Winter in Yellowstone". Following the Frontier with F. Jay Haynes-Pioneer Photographer of the Old West. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. pp. 339–356.
^Franke, Mary Ann (Fall 1996). "A Grand Experiment—100 Years of Fisheries Management in Yellowstone: Part I". Yellowstone Science. 4 (4): 5.
^Haines, Aubrey L. (1996). Yellowstone Place Names-Mirrors of History. Niwot, Colorado: University of Colorado Press. pp. 146–47.
ISBN0-87081-383-8.
^Waite, Thornton (2006). Yellowstone By Train-A History of Rail Travel to America's First National Park. Helena, Montana: Pictorial Histories Publishing Inc. p. 34.
ISBN9781575101293.
^"Lamar Buffalo Ranch". National Register of Historic Places. Wyoming State Preservation Office. 2008-10-24.
^Waite, Thornton (2006). Yellowstone By Train-A History of Rail Travel to America's First National Park. Helena, Montana: Pictorial Histories Publishing Inc. pp. 62–63.
ISBN9781575101293.
^Haines, Aubrey L. (1996). The Yellowstone Story—A History of Our First National Park. Vol. II. Niwot, CO: University Press of Colorado. pp. 80–82.
ISBN0-87081-391-9.
Yellowstone National Park was created on March 1, 1872 and is the first and oldest
national park in the
United States. This is a Timeline of Yellowstone history outlining significant events in the history of the park.
Over a dozen tourists from
Helena and
Radersburg, Montana traveling in the park were captured by Nez Perce. Two–Charles Kenck (August 26) and Richard Dietrich (August 31) were killed. Several others were wounded.[7]
1877 - 1881 -
Philetus Norris is appointed as the first paid superintendent of the park.
Mattie S. Culver, age 30, died of tuberculosis at the hotel on March 2, 1889. Mrs. Culver was the wife of the hotel's winter keeper, E. C. Culver. Adelaide Child, the wife of the Yellowstone Park Improvement Company president
Harry W. Child, ensured a proper burial, memorial and fenced in tombstone near the hotel. The grave is visible today a few 100 feet (30 m) west of the Nez Perce Picnic Area.[8]
1881 -
Frank Jay Haynes becomes defacto official photographer for Yellowstone until his death in 1921.[9]
1882 - The Yellowstone Park Improvement Company, with backing by the
Northern Pacific Railroad was formed and awarded major concessions to build and manage park amenities.
May 7, 1894 -
Lacey Act of 1894 was passed as "An Act To protect the birds and animals in Yellowstone National Park, and to punish crimes in said park, and for other purposes."[17]
1907 - The
Lamar Buffalo Ranch was established to preserve one of the last free-roaming
bison (buffalo) herds in the United States when 28 bison were moved from
Fort Yellowstone to the
Lamar Valley in the northeast portion of the park.[21]
August 17, 1959 - The 7.5
Hebgen Lake earthquake just outside the park causes extensive damage to some park roads and structures and alters many geothermal features.[25]
August 8, 1960 - The 1910
Canyon Hotel, abandoned in 1959, burned to the ground.[26]
August 25, 2010 new Old Faithful Visitor Education Center opens in upper geyser basin.
2011 - National Park service issues regulations requiring the killing of non-native trout in some park waters and encouraging the killing of non-native trout in the Native Trout Management Area waters of the park.
Notes
^Russell, Osborne; Haines, Aubrey L.. Journal of a Trapper: In the Rocky Mountains Between 1834 and 1843; Comprising a General Description of the Country, Climate, Rivers, Lakes.
ISBN1-58976-052-2.{{
cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (
link)
^Haines, Aubrey L. (1996). The Yellowstone Story-A History of Our First National Park. Vol. I (Second Revised ed.). Niwot, CO: University Press of Colorado. pp. 64–65.
ISBN0-87081-391-9.
^Haines, Aubrey L. (1996). The Yellowstone Story-A History of Our First National Park. Vol. I (Second Revised ed.). Niwot, CO: University Press of Colorado. pp. 144–146.
ISBN0-87081-391-9.
^Scott, Kim Allen (2007). "There is such an element in human affairs as fortune, good or bad:The Snake River Expedition". Yellowstone Denied-The Life of Gustavus Cheyney Doane. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press. pp. 103–128.
ISBN978-0-8061-3800-8.
^Beal, Merrill D. (1963). "I Will Fight No More Forever"-Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce War. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press. pp. 162, 177.
^Haines, Aubrey L. (1996). "Warfare in Wonderland". The Yellowstone Story-A History of Our First National Park (Vol. 1). Boulder, CO: University of Colorado Press. pp. 216–239.
ISBN0-87081-390-0.
^
abWhittlesey, Lee H. (October 1980). "Marshall's Hotel in the National Park". Montana Magazine of Western History. 30 (4). Helena, Montana: Montana Historical Society Press: 42–51.
^Tilden, Freeman (1964). "XVIII-F. Jay Haynes-Yellowstone Concessionaire". Following the Frontier with F. Jay Haynes-Pioneer Photographer of the Old West. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. pp. 372–398.
^Whittlesey, Lee H. (2006). Yellowstone Place Names. Gardiner, MT: Wonderland Publishing. p. 144.
ISBN1-59971-716-6.
^Hartley, Robert E. (2007). Saving Yellowstone-The President Arthur Expedition of 1883. Westminster, CO: Sniktau Publications.
ISBN978-1-4257-7121-8.
^Waite, Thornton (2006). Yellowstone By Train-A History of Rail Travel to America's First National Park. Helena, Montana: Pictorial Histories Publishing Inc. p. 32.
ISBN9781575101293.
^Hampton, H. Duane (1972). "The Early Years in Yellowstone: 1872–1882". How the U.S. Cavalry Saved Our National Parks. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. pp. 53–80.
ISBN0-253-13885-X.
^Schullery, Paul (1994). "Schwatka and Haynes". Yellowstone Ski Pioneers-Peril and Heroism on the Winter Trail. Worland, WY: High Plain Publishing Company. pp. 27–48.
^Tilden, Freeman (1964). "XVI-Haynes First Winter in Yellowstone". Following the Frontier with F. Jay Haynes-Pioneer Photographer of the Old West. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. pp. 339–356.
^Franke, Mary Ann (Fall 1996). "A Grand Experiment—100 Years of Fisheries Management in Yellowstone: Part I". Yellowstone Science. 4 (4): 5.
^Haines, Aubrey L. (1996). Yellowstone Place Names-Mirrors of History. Niwot, Colorado: University of Colorado Press. pp. 146–47.
ISBN0-87081-383-8.
^Waite, Thornton (2006). Yellowstone By Train-A History of Rail Travel to America's First National Park. Helena, Montana: Pictorial Histories Publishing Inc. p. 34.
ISBN9781575101293.
^"Lamar Buffalo Ranch". National Register of Historic Places. Wyoming State Preservation Office. 2008-10-24.
^Waite, Thornton (2006). Yellowstone By Train-A History of Rail Travel to America's First National Park. Helena, Montana: Pictorial Histories Publishing Inc. pp. 62–63.
ISBN9781575101293.
^Haines, Aubrey L. (1996). The Yellowstone Story—A History of Our First National Park. Vol. II. Niwot, CO: University Press of Colorado. pp. 80–82.
ISBN0-87081-391-9.