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Yellowstone National Park History

• Exploration
  • Cook–Folsom–Peterson Expedition - 1869 exploration of Yellowstone river and lake
  • Washburn–Langford–Doane Expedition - 1870 exploration of Yellowstone river, lake and Firehole river basin
    • Fort Ellis - Starting point of the Washburn Expedition
  • Hayden Geological Survey of 1871 - 1st of five surveys by Hayden in Yellowstone
• Native Americans
  • 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
    • Lt.Gustavus C. Doane - U.S. Army Cavalry escort during Washburn expedition of 1870
    • Truman C. Everts - former U.S. Assessor for the Montana Territory, member of Washburn Expedition
    • Warren Angus Ferris - Early Yellowstone region trapper
    • Arnold Hague - U.S. Geological Surveys 1880s
    • Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden - U.S. Geological Surveys 1871-1875
    • Nathaniel P. Langford - Member of Washburn expedition and first park superintendent
    • William F. Raynolds - Early explorer in Yellowstone region
    • Alexander Ross (fur trader) - Early fur trader in Yellowstone region
    • Osborne Russell - Early trapper to visit region and describe the Lamar Valley (1834)
    • Cyrus Thomas - agricultural statistician and entomologist on the 1871 Hayden survey
    • Henry D. Washburn - Leader of Washburn expedition
  • Park superintendents and administrators
    • Horace M. Albright - Park superintendent (1919–1929)
    • Frazier Boutelle - Park superintendent (1889–1890)
    • Harry W. Frantz - Director of publicity 1923 - named Grand Loop Road
    • John W. Meldrum - 1st U.S. Commissioner to Yellowstone (1894–1935)
    • Philetus Norris - Second park superintendent
  • Park rangers
    • Harlan Kredit - Park ranger (1972–present)
    • Harry Yount - First park ranger
    • Isabel Bassett Wasson - the first female ranger in Yellowstone
  • Engineers and architects
    • Hiram M. Chittenden - U.S. Army Engineer
    • Dan Christie Kingman - U.S. Army Engineer
    • Herbert Maier - Yellowstone architect (1929–31)
    • Robert Reamer - Old Faithful Inn architect
  • Photographers, artists and illustrators
    • Heinrich C. Berann - Panoramic artist
    • Albert Bierstadt - Early Yellowstone artist
    • Frank Jay Haynes - Official park photographer 1884-1921
    • William Henry Jackson - US Geological Survey photographer 1869-1878
    • Thomas Moran - Early Yellowstone artist - guest member of 1871 Hayden Geological Survey
    • Birger Sandzén - Sweden artist
  • Naturalists and scientists
    • Thomas D. Brock - Microbiologist
    • Don G. Despain - Botanist - Yellowstone flora specialist
    • Shaun Ellis (wolf researcher)
    • Henry Gannett - Geographer, member of Hayden Surveys, named Electric Peak
    • George Bird Grinnell - Early naturalist promoting Yellowstone
    • William Henry Holmes - Early geologist documenting Yellowstone geothermal features
    • A. Starker Leopold - author of the 1963 Leopold Report-Wildlife Management in the National Parks
    • Bill McGuire - Volcano researcher
    • L. David Mech - Wolf researcher
    • Adolph Murie - National Park Service Wildlife Biologist - published seminar study on Coyotes in Yellowstone (1940)
  • Military
    • John W. Barlow - Explored Yellowstone at same time as 1871 Hayden expedition
    • William W. Belknap - Secretary of War (1869–1876) - Guided by Lt. Gustavus C. Doane on two week visit in 1876 to Yellowstone that followed Washburn route.
    • Chris Madsen - U.S. Army guide - guided U.S. President Chester A. Arthur in Yellowstone (1883)
    • General Philip Sheridan - Early U.S. Army protector of Yellowstone
    • Captain Wilber E. Wilder – Acting Superintendent, March 15, 1899 – June 23, 1899
    • Captain Samuel B. M. Young – Acting Superintendent, June 23, 1897 – November 15, 1897; Full Superintendent as a General, June 1, 1907 – November 28, 1908
  • Politicians
    • William H. Clagett - Montana Territorial Congressman, 1871-1872 - Introduced park creation bill in U.S. House of Representatives on December 18, 1871
    • Henry L. Dawes - Congressman from Massachusetts (1863–1873) - strong supporter of park creation. Chester Dawes, his son was a member of the 1871 Hayden survey and Anna the first boat on Yellowstone Lake was named after his daughter: Anna Dawes
    • William D. Kelley - In 1871, he was the first Washington politician to suggest of what would later become Yellowstone National Park
    • John F. Lacey - Iowa Congressman who sponsored The Lacey Act of 1884 to protect Yellowstone wildlife from poachers.
    • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (II) - Secretary of Interior (March 1885 - January 1888) - Lamar River is named after him.
    • Guy R. Pelton - U.S. congressman who died in Yellowstone (1890)
    • Samuel C. Pomeroy - Kansas Senator, 1861-1873 - Introduced park creation bill into U.S. Senate on December 18, 1871
    • Lyman Trumbull - Senator from Illinois who supported Yellowstone creation act - Father of Walter Trumbull, a member of the Washburn Party
    • George Graham Vest - Senator from Missouri (1879–1903) - Self-appointed protector of Yellowstone
  • Promoters
    • Jay Cooke - Northern Pacific Railroad - Financed Nathaniel P. Langford's 1871 lectures on Yellowstone exploration
• Historic events
  • Expeditions and the protection of Yellowstone (1869-1890)
  • Nez Perce in Yellowstone Park
  • History of the National Park Service
  • 1959 Yellowstone earthquake
  • Mission 66 - National Park Service ten-year program to prepare parks for 1966 50th Anniversary
  • Teton–Yellowstone tornado - F4 tornado - July 21, 1987
  • Yellowstone fires of 1988
• Advocates
  • Greater Yellowstone Coalition
  • Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative
• Concessionaires
  • Harry W. Child - Assembled and operated the Yellowstone Park Company
  • Hamilton's Stores (Yellowstone National Park)
  • John F. Yancey - operated Yancey's Pleasant Valley Hotel, 1884–1903
  • Xanterra Parks and Resorts