President Roosevelt and Naturalist John Burroughs at Fort Yellowstone. Ruined Castles of Yellowstone. East Entrance Station

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1 President Roosevelt and Naturalist John Burroughs at Fort Yellowstone Ruined Castles of Yellowstone East Entrance Station President Roosevelt at Liberty Cap Yellowstone Lake, Mary s Bay Fire Hole River

2 Ruined Castles of Yellowstone (1897) Most of the spring borders are low and daintily scalloped, crenelated, and beaded with sinter pearls. Some of the geyser craters are massive and picturesque, like ruined castles or old burned-out sequoia stumps, and are adorned on a grand scale with outbulging, cauliflower-like formations. From these as centres the silex pavements slope gently away in thin, crusty, overlapping layers, slightly interrupted in some places by low terraces. -John Muir President Roosevelt and the noted naturalist John Burroughs, at Fort Yellowstone, Yellowstone Park (1903) Prior to the establishment of the National Park Service, the U.S. Army protected Yellowstone between 1886 and Fort Yellowstone was established at Mammoth Hot Springs for that purpose. East Entrance Station The entrance station served several purposes: collecting fees and counting visitors; establishing the presence of the NPS for the visitor; and defining a sense of place and identity for the park. Of the five entrances to Yellowstone, only the North Entrance is open all year. President Roosevelt's western tour - visiting Liberty Gap, Yellowstone Nat. Park (1903) Liberty Cap is a 37-foot hot spring cone that marks the northern portion of Mammoth Hot Springs. Liberty Cap was named in 1871 by the Hayden Survey party because of its marked resemblance to the peaked caps worn during the French Revolution. Fire Hole River (1902) The Firehole River flows north from its source in Madison lake on the Continental Divide and is part of the Missouri River System. It has been a popular fly-flishing location for tourists since its discovery in the 1830s. Yellowstone Lake, Mary's Bay (1871) Passing through many a mile of pine and spruce woods, toward the centre of the park you come to the famous Yellowstone Lake. It is about twenty miles long and fifteen wide, and lies at a height of nearly 8000 feet above the level of the sea, amid dense black forests and snowy mountains. Around its winding, wavering shores, closely forested and picturesquely varied with promontories and bays, the distance is more than 100 miles Nno other lake in North America of equal area lies so high as the Yellowstone, or gives birth to so noble a river. -John Muir

3 Along the Gardiner River, Yellowstone Hymen Terrace Lake Hotel Grand Geyser Fishing Bridge Hamilton s General Store Northeast Entrance Station

4 Hymen Terrace, Yellowstone National Park (1902) A small, inactive terrace at the southwest edge of Hotel Terrace, the area is dominated by Liberty Cap and is not far from Fort Yellowstone. Hymen Springs has been inactive since about 1936, but has been a major attraction since its discovery in the 1870s. [Along the Gardiner River, Yellowstone National Park. Seen only by tourists going via Gardiner Gateway] (1909) The river and nearby town were named for Johnson Gardner who was a trapper in the early 18 th Century. However, numerous expeditions into the area in the early 19 th Century did not fully explore the Gardner River and therefore didn t encounter the nearby Mammoth Hot Springs until decades later. The Lake Hotel, built in 1891 by the Northern Pacific Railroad in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming (1980) Completed in 1891 by the Northern Pacific Railroad to accommodate visitors to Yellowstone, the hotel was expanded in 1903 due to the booming tourist industry. It was renovated in 1989 and is still an operational hotel situated on Yellowstone Lake. Grand Geyser in action, 200 feet high, Upper Basin, Y.N.P. (1912) An eruption of Grand Geyser, the tallest predictable geyser in the world, occurs every 7-15 hours. A classic fountain geyser, Grand erupts from a large pool with powerful bursts rather than a steady column like Old Faithful. An average eruption lasts 9-12 minutes and consists of 1-4 bursts, sometimes reaching 200 feet. Yellowstone National Park Northeast Entrance Checking Station HS-254 (1933) The idea of designing with nature flourished in the National Park Service during the early decades of the twentieth century. Architects, landscape architects and engineers combined native wood and stone with convincingly 'native' styles to create visually appealing structures that seemed to fit naturally within the majestic landscapes. NPS Fishing Bridge Hamilton's Store, General Store, 1800' southeast of Fishing Bridge & 800' northeast of Museum, Lake, Teton County, WY (1933) Hamilton s Stores were concessioners in Yellowstone in the 20 th Century. Charles Hamilton arrived in Yellowstone in 1905 and set up shops to provide food and souvenirs to tourists along the Grand Loop Road. This style, known as Parkitecture, is exhibited in the Northeast Entrance, which is still in its original condition.

5 Obsidian Cliffs on Grand Loop Road Tower Falls Rock Old Faithful Inn Grand Canyon of Yellowstone Tower Suspension Bridge Dott Island

6 The tower of Tower Falls, Yellowstone / TM ; Prang's American Chromo. (1875) Tower Fall is located on Tower Creek in the northeast region of the park. The falls are over 130 feet tall and were named by Samuel Hauser who stated they were the most beautiful falls I ever saw. OBSIDIAN CLIFF OVERLOOKS THE EAST SIDE OF THE GRAND LOOP ROAD. THE OBSIDIAN, A BLACK VOLCANIC GLASS, FORMED WHEN A LAVA FLOW CONTACTED GLACIAL ICE. IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ROAD BY THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, WORKERS CREATED THE LEDGE FOR THE ROAD BY BUILDING LARGE BONFIRES AGAINST THE CLIFF, THEN DASHING THE HEATED ROCK WITH COLD WATER, CAUSING IT TO SHATTER. - Grand Loop Road, Forming circuit between Mammoth Hot Springs, Norris Junction, Madison Junction, Old Faithful, Mammoth, Park County, WY (1989) Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone (1871) Huge volcanic eruptions in Yellowstone about 600,000 years ago shaped the Grand Canyon, marked by multi-hued rocks. Floods from melting glaciers at the end of each glacial period recarved the canyon. Its present appearance dates from about 10,000 years ago. Old Faithful Inn, 900' northeast of Snowlodge & 1050' west of Old Faithful Lodge, Lake, Teton County, WY (1933) Built in with local logs and stone, the Inn is considered the largest log structure in the world. The towering lobby features a massive stone fireplace and a hand-crafted clock made of copper, wood and wrought iron serving as focal points. Group of Buffalo, Dott Island, Yellowstone Lake (1897) Yellowstone is the only place in the US where bison have lived continuously since prehistoric times. The Yellowstone bison are the nation s largest bison population on public land and are among the few herds that have not been hybridized through interbreeding with cattle. The bison are allowed to roam freely over the park and into Montana. View to northeast. Duplicate color view of HAER TX Tower Suspension Bridge, Spanning Yellowstone River at Yellowstone River Trail, Mammoth, Park County, WY (1983) The Yellowstone River Trail is one of many hiking trails within Yellowstone. It winds through forests of Douglas fir trees, rocky canyons, and wildflower grasslands, crosses the Yellowstone River, and overlooks Electric Peak.