Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
1873
Capt. William A. Jones leads a U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers party through
the new Yellowstone.
. Northern Pacific Railway's financial
agent, Jay Cooke & Co., fails on
September 18th; stock exchange col-
lapses on Black Friday, the next day.
1876
Gen. George A. Custer, all his men, and
many of the opposing Native American
Indians are killed in the Battle of the
Little Bighorn in south central Montana
Territory.
1877
Pursued by General Howard's troops,
Nez Perces cross the park, kill two, and
frighten and wound other tourists.
1878
Supt. Philetus W. Norris hastily builds
crude roads in anticipation of “Indian
trouble.” Members of the Bannock tribe
cross the park but are killed and cap-
tured by Colonel Miles near Clarks Fork
River, east of the park. Third Hayden
Survey makes observations for the gov-
ernment.
John Wesley Powell writes
Report on the
Lands of the Arid Region,
warning of the
paucity of rainfall in the west.
1882
The Crow sell to the U.S. the small strip
of their Montana reservation that lay in
park territory. Crow, Bannock, and
Shoshoni people are banned by treaty
from entering Yellowstone.
German engineer Gottlieb Daimler in-
vents a gasoline-powered internal com-
bustion engine.
1883
Northern Pacific branch line reaches
Cinnabar, MT; visitor numbers leap
dramatically. The first large hotel takes
in guests at Mammoth Hot Springs. Lt.
Dan C. Kingman of the Corps of Engin-
eers begins planning a loop system of
roads. Hunting and fishing (except with
hook and line) are disallowed.
Krakatoa volcano in Indonesia erupts,
killing 36,000 people. Dust eruption
creates brilliant sunsets around the
world and lowers global temperatures
for months afterward, but its caldera is
only a fraction of the size of Yellow-
stone's.
