A place called Yellowstone the epic history of the world's first national park
"It has been called Wonderland, America's Serengeti, the crown jewel of the National Park System, and America's best idea. But how did this faraway landscape evolve into one of the most recognizable places in the world? As the birthplace of the national park system, Yellowstone witnessed the first-e...
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Berkeley, California :
Counterpoint,
2024.
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Table of Contents:
- Part One: Foundations
- The Day the Earth Screamed (1959 and 2.1 million years ago)
- Homeland (13,000 years ago to AD 1800)
- Part Two: Exploration and Discovery
- First Sight (1806-1814)
- Building the Myth (1822-1853)
- Standing on the Edge (1853-1860)
- Chasing Glory (1862-1869)
- Thirty-Seven Days (1870)
- Final Discovery (1871)
- The World's First National Park (1872-1877)
- Part Three: Yellowstone for What and for Whom?
- The Nez Perce War (1877-1879)
- Selling Yellowstone (1878-1883)
- Sending in the Cavalry (1884-1886)
- Showdown at Pelican Creek (1886-1894)
- A Park for the People? (1895-1904)
- Please Feed the Animals (1902-1918)
- The Ranger (1912-1919)
- High Noon in Jackson (1923-1950)
- Please Don't Feed the Animals (1961-1983)
- Th.e Impossible Fire (1988-1989)
- The Bad Wolf Returns (1994-1997)
- Part Four: Legacies
- Where the Buffalo Roam (2000-2016)
- Legacies (2016-2022)
