Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
1870
Washburn-Langford-Doane expedition names Old Faithful, Tower Fall and Mt Wash-
burn, and starts the legend of the founding of Yellowstone National Park.
1871
Hayden expedition to Yellowstone, with photographer William Henry Jackson and
artist Thomas Moran, whose images are instrumental in the creation of the park the fol-
lowing year.
1872
President Ulysses S Grant signs the
Yellowstone National Park Act
on March 1; Nath-
aniel Langford claims to have climbed Grand Teton.
1877
Philetus W Norris becomes park superintendent and builds the first roads; the Nez Per-
cé, led by Chief Joseph, flee the US Army through Yellowstone National Park.
1883
Railroad spur line finished to Cinnabar, near north entrance of Yellowstone National
Park; Great Plains bison pronounced extinct east of Continental Divide; first bicycle
tour of the park.
1890
First tourist guidebook to Yellowstone published; Wyoming becomes the 44th state of
the USA, one week after Idaho becomes the 43rd state.
1902
Only 25 bison remain in Yellowstone National Park, despite the passing of the
Lacey
Act
eight years earlier, which prohibited hunting in the park.
1903
President Theodore Roosevelt dedicates Yellowstone National Park North Entrance
Arch; Northern Pacific Railroad line reaches Gardiner; construction starts on Old
Faithful Inn and Fort Yellowstone.
