Images of America Yellowstone National Park (Images of America: Wyoming)

Type

Book

Authors

Lee H. Whittlesey

Elizabeth A. Watry

ISBN 10

0738548499

ISBN 13

9780738548494

Tags

Yellowstone National Park -- History -- Pictorial works, Yellowstone National Park -- Biography -- Pictorial works, United States -- Yellowstone National Park

Series Name

Images of America

Description

Yellowstone National Park is one of the earth’s most famous places. Established in 1872 as the world’s first national park, it has preserved remarkable natural wonders like Old Faithful Geyser and cultural icons such as Old Faithful Inn. For centuries, it was home to the Shoshone, Crow, Bannock, Blackfeet, and other Indian tribes, but these groups were banished in the 1870s by parkpromoters who feared that tourists would not visit if American Indians lived there. Almost immediately after its establishment, Yellowstone became the primary destination for tourist travel to the American West following the Civil War. By 1900, it was a vast tourist success, and today it is both a world biosphere preserve and a world heritage site. - from Amzon

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