Harry Yount
Henry S. Yount (March 18, 1839 – May 16, 1924) was an American Civil War soldier, mountain man, professional hunter and trapper, prospector, wilderness guide and packer, seasonal employee of the United States Department of the Interior, and the first gamekeeper in Yellowstone National Park. Horace Albright, second director of the National Park Service, called him the "father of the ranger service, as well as the first national park ranger". He was nicknamed "Rocky Mountain Harry Yount".
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