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Gen. Henry Dana Washburn (1832-1871) died before he could publish his expedition diary.
1871
Dr. Ferdinand V. Hayden leads the first
of three congressionally funded Yellow-
stone expeditions. A second summer
expedition, led by army captains John
W. Barlow and David P. Heap, also
enters the area.
Chicago Fire on October 8th destroys
3.5 sq mi of the city, most 1870 census
records, and Thomas J. Hine's negatives
from the Barlow-Heap Yellowstone ex-
pedition.
1872
Yellowstone National Park is set aside
by Congress. Nathaniel P. (“National
Park”) Langford is the unsalaried first
superintendent. Second Hayden Survey
traverses the new park.
Pres. Ulysses S. Grant signs the bill au-
thorizing the Yellowstone reservation
on March 1st.
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK HISTORY
The Act Setting Aside the Yellowstone Reservation
The U.S. Congress preserved this land for us and for all subsequent generations in language
that reserved and withdrew the land “from settlement, occupancy, or sale” and assured that
it be “dedicated and set apart as a public park or pleasuring-ground for the benefit and en-
joyment of the people.”
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