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1908
Union Pacific Railroad spur line arrives in West Yellowstone; first dude ranch opens in
Jackson Hole; Teton National Forest established by Teddy Roosevelt.
1915
The first car (a Model T Ford) is allowed into Yellowstone National Park; car entry
fees cost the modern equivalent of $93 per vehicle.
1916-18
In 1916 the National Park Service (NPS) is created under President Wilson. In 1918
the NPS assumes management of Yellowstone from US Army, which had governed the
park since 1886.
1923
Meeting at cabin of Maude Noble to try to establish Grand Teton National Park; the
last gray wolf den in Yellowstone National Park is destroyed by park rangers.
1926
Rockefeller travels through the Yellowstone and Teton region, encouraged by the park
superintendent, leading to the purchase of millions of acres of land later donated to the
nation.
1929
Congress creates Grand Teton National Park; President Hoover extends the east and
northwest extents of Yellowstone National Park, adding a further northern chunk three
years later.
1943
President Franklin Roosevelt creates the Jackson Hole National Monument, with
Forest Service and Rockefeller's land.
1948
Yellowstone National Park receives one million visitors in a single year for the first
time, in a post WWII tourist boom.
 
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