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English-style church (1913), where the stained-glass windows depict Old Faithful and
Yellowstone Falls. (You can even get married here if you like; see boxed text
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Other notables include the green-tiled Chinese-style roof of the chief engineer's office
(nicknamed the 'pagoda') and the bear statues that guard the entrance to the post office.
Rangers lead hour-long history walks daily at 6pm, departing from the visitor center.
Mammoth Visitor Center Museum
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( 307-344-2263; 8am-7pm)
In the Albright Visitor Center, this was formerly the
army's bachelor quarters, but now features reproductions of 19th-century watercolors by
Thomas Moran (1837-1926) and black-and-white photographs by William Henry Jack-
son, both of whom accompanied the 1871 Hayden expedition. Jackson's old camera is on
display, as are the glass plates he developed in the field using hot water from Yellow-
stone's hot springs. There are also displays on the park's early visitors, lots of stuffed an-
imals and two 20-minute videos on the parks, starting on the hour and half-hour. Don't
miss the fine photographs of former superintendent Norris in his trademark buckskins and
mountain man Jim Bridger (upstairs) bearing an uncanny resemblance to country singer
Willie Nelson. Rangers give talks in front of the center at 3pm and some days also at 4pm.
The visitor center complex is named for Horace Albright, park superintendent between
1919 and 1929 and director of the National Park Service from 1929 to 1933.
MUSEUM
Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel
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The Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel is worth a visit even if you are not staying. Piano music
echoes around the lobby from 5pm followed by video or slide presentations in the side
Map Room, where you can also check out the huge wall map of the United States as-
sembled from 15 types of wood from around the world. (Residents of Maryland will be
displeased to note that theirs is the only state capital not marked.) Also worth noting is the
charming antique water fountain to the left of the Activities Desk.
HISTORIC HOTEL
TRUMAN EVERTS
Everts Ridge, northwest of Mammoth, is named after Truman Everts, a member of the 1870 Washburn-Langford-
Doane expedition and a notable early tourist disaster story.
