The end of the tale is the most familiar: artist Thomas Moran and photographer William Henry Jackson returned from the Hayden Expedition with images that helped convince Congress that Yellowstone... read more →
Yellowstone History
Yellowstone History
It has now been over 100 years since park rangers assumed responsibility for Yellowstone National Park from the U.S. Army. To celebrate the rich history and incredible change in the... read more →
Yellowstone History
Click through and learn about the history of Yellowstone National Park, and Yellowstone Forever's work to help preserve it!
Yellowstone History
by Ruffin Prevost Getting around Yellowstone National Park in the winter has never been easy. Over the past century, visitors and workers have relied on an array of evolving and... read more →
Yellowstone History
While Old Faithful Geyser and other natural features draw visitors from around the world to the Upper Geyser Basin, there's also a legendary man-made feature that is not to be... read more →
Yellowstone History
Old Faithful was most likely discovered first by indigenous tribes well before European settlers ever arrived. But the story of Yellowstone National Park begins nearly 150 years ago, when an... read more →
Yellowstone History
An extended version of this article originally appeared in the Spring 2018 issue of Yellowstone Quarterly. The Fires of 1988 that burned 1.4 million acres in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystemâincluding 793,880... read more →
Yellowstone History
Yellowstone History
In 1903, most Yellowstone visitors arrived in Gardiner by train where they boarded stagecoaches for the journey into Wonderland. Gardiner had just built a beautiful train depot in the rustic... read more →
Yellowstone History
Frank Jay Haynes is known for his photographic legacy in the park, but his first winter expedition nearly put an end to that. Yellowstone National Park was a wild and... read more →